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The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
The show's central subject matter of working-class life and friendships is inherently broad, and its narrative champions personal resilience and community support as solutions to everyday problems rather than advocating for specific political ideologies or systemic changes.
The series featured a cast that was primarily traditional for its time, without intentional recasting of roles based on race or gender. Its narrative focused on everyday life and workplace humor, and did not explicitly critique or negatively portray traditional identities.
The Drew Carey Show featured LGBTQ+ characters, most notably Drew's brother, Steve, who came out as gay and married his partner. The show generally depicted Steve's identity and relationship with dignity and acceptance from the main cast, affirming the worth of queer lives and love. The overall portrayal was supportive and validating.
The show features a transsexual character, Mimi, in an episode where her identity is revealed to Drew, her date. The narrative largely uses this revelation as a source of shock and problematic humor, with Drew and his friends reacting with discomfort and transphobic jokes. While Drew eventually tries to be accepting, the overall portrayal leans negative due to the reliance on harmful stereotypes and the comedic treatment of trans identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Drew Carey Show is an original sitcom, not an adaptation or reboot of pre-existing material. All characters were created for the show, meaning there is no prior canonical or historical version of any character whose gender could have been changed.
The Drew Carey Show is an original sitcom, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a biopic. Its characters were created for the show, meaning there was no prior canonical or historical race to be altered. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
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