All in the Family vs. According to Jim

The hit 1970s sitcom All in the Family and the contemporary show, According to Jim both share the similar idea of being a somewhat "controversial" family-based television show. Each center around the father figure who is portrayed quite obviously as a "manly man." Archie Bunker and Jim are both likely to speak their mind on the show and give their input on what they see as right and wrong, and normal and not normal. On one particular episode of According to Jim, Jim and Cheryl's young son wants to be Cinderella for Halloween and Jim opposes, saying his son is not going to be seen looking like a "girl." This brushed on the subject of homosexuality and so-called normalcy. Unlike All in the Family, however, this subject is acceptable in today's times because of how society is changing and how things are not so extreme as they once were.