Alex's corporate job gets her access to a posh, high-end hotel which her family uses as an opportunity to sponge off her and get access to the hotel's luxurious amenities, which are all comedically tended to by a single concierge, as played by Stephen Merchant.
Claire wants to get her hair-dressed. Phil goes on a Quest for a slider with his side-job as food blogger. Jay wants to use the hotel's screening room to watch Lawrence of Arabia (Excellent idea). Manny and Luke are on the prowl. Gloria wants to ride the hotel's waterslide. Mitch wants to meet Victoria Beckham. Rinse, repeat.
This would be more endearing if all these people were poor and couldn't afford to upgrade their iPhones every year, let alone buy new high-end cars. However, when these people do it, you get the impression that they're too cheap to the pay $200/night, which they absolutely can afford.
As per usual, everyone thrives in this toxic family, where hedonism and personal gain is favored over decency, i.e Claire FaceTimes Alex for the sole purpose of using her daughter for facial recognition purposes for the salon or Mitch and Cameron flaunting their manipulative, non-commutative relationship and then guilting the other for it.
The status quo is the bread and butter on all sitcoms, characters aging but staying personally stagnant, but for Modern Family its to their increasing detriment. If you're ELEVEN(!)(?) seasons in and you're still amused by heightened comedic misunderstandings, misinterpreted double speak, our characters almost encountering each other, then go for it. Otherwise, you don't need to even bother.
This show is a zombified, creative dead zone at this point. David Beckham and Courtney Cox cameo for bowling tournament held in the hotel, which is labored creatively as it was for them to lend verisimilitude to their line deliveries.
It's all frankly exhausting and further proof that this show should have ended four to five seasons ago, when people were still aware it was still airing...
Claire wants to get her hair-dressed. Phil goes on a Quest for a slider with his side-job as food blogger. Jay wants to use the hotel's screening room to watch Lawrence of Arabia (Excellent idea). Manny and Luke are on the prowl. Gloria wants to ride the hotel's waterslide. Mitch wants to meet Victoria Beckham. Rinse, repeat.
This would be more endearing if all these people were poor and couldn't afford to upgrade their iPhones every year, let alone buy new high-end cars. However, when these people do it, you get the impression that they're too cheap to the pay $200/night, which they absolutely can afford.
As per usual, everyone thrives in this toxic family, where hedonism and personal gain is favored over decency, i.e Claire FaceTimes Alex for the sole purpose of using her daughter for facial recognition purposes for the salon or Mitch and Cameron flaunting their manipulative, non-commutative relationship and then guilting the other for it.
The status quo is the bread and butter on all sitcoms, characters aging but staying personally stagnant, but for Modern Family its to their increasing detriment. If you're ELEVEN(!)(?) seasons in and you're still amused by heightened comedic misunderstandings, misinterpreted double speak, our characters almost encountering each other, then go for it. Otherwise, you don't need to even bother.
This show is a zombified, creative dead zone at this point. David Beckham and Courtney Cox cameo for bowling tournament held in the hotel, which is labored creatively as it was for them to lend verisimilitude to their line deliveries.
It's all frankly exhausting and further proof that this show should have ended four to five seasons ago, when people were still aware it was still airing...