Analysis Of Mama s Here Now - 1536 Words

How to Get Away with Murder Analysis When talking about television, one issue that often comes up is diversity, or the lack thereof. Many shows don’t feature a representative cast. That is not the case in How to Get Away with Murder, the hit show produced by Shonda Rhimes for ABC Network. The show goes beyond featuring a diverse cast; it features real, completely relatable characters. The combination of these factors and the abundance of drama are what make How to Get Away with Murder such a popular and wildly successful show, and in creating such a show, the producers have used its platform to bring social issues to the audience’s attention. In the episode chosen, â€Å"Mama’s Here Now,† aired on February 15, 2015, the back stories of several†¦show more content†¦This episode brings real life problems African Americans face to the public eye and won’t let the audience ignore it. The writers and producers of this show realize the influence they have and use it to identify many different social issues. The show How to Get Away with Murder includes characters of various ethnicities, backgrounds, and sexual orientations. Not only does the show make an attempt at diversity, though, it goes a step beyond that. The characters that are introduced and the backgrounds that are explored in this episode give the show depth. In many shows there is what is referred to as a â€Å"token minority.† An example of this can be seen quite clearly in the show, The Walking Dead. Take, for instance, the character of T-Dog. He was on the show for almost two entire seasons, (Are We Still†¦) and yet, was the only flat character to have made it that far. There were no dynamics to his character whatsoever, which was something that every other character on the show had at this point. To prove this point further, his â€Å"replacement† was introduced immediately before his death, so as not to upset any minorities watching, as well as to maintain the token minority presence on the show. In Ho w to Get Away with Murder, and specifically in the episode â€Å"Mama’s here now,† the writers step away from this idea and instead strengthen the backgrounds of the show’s main characters. The characters in How to Get Away with Murder are realistic and legitimate, each with an