Everybody loves Raymond

Show

BackroundEverybody loves Raymond is a show on TBS about a n Italian-American Sportswriter “Ray Borone” who is played by Ray Romano. In the show ray is very whinny and barley keeps any situation serious. He always has a joke and rarely takes responsibility.

His wife Debra played by Patricia Heaton is a housewife in the show, she takes care of the kids, cleans the house and does all the chores. Debra is a hard working women who often feels like she is under-appreciated

Show Back round Cont.Marie who is played by Doris Roberts is also a house wife married to frank (rays Parents). Marie is described in the show as Intrusive, controlling, manipulative and over-nurturing. This is mostly seen in her actions to Raymond.

Frank played by Peter Boyle is a stubborn masculine personality. He always is grumpy and telling people how it is.

Raymond’s brother Robert played by Brad Garrett. In the show Robert is a police officer for the NYPD. In the show he always in envious of ray and seems to think ray is the “favorite”

Types of

Currency Ray and Debra have different Types of Currencies. This is one of the bigger problem in the sitcom because Debra uses Food, service (like making coffee, and carting the kids around everywhere).

While ray on the other hand shows it by non verbal Affect(such as smiling when Debra enters the room.) and also by doing small favors for Debra

“when Meanings are shared, rewards are experienced; when meanings are missed, costs are experienced”.(pg.122)

In this show meanings are defiantly missed and Debra feels under appreciated a lot of the time. This is usually how conflict begins.

Family RolesIn this show the roles of the family is just like the Stereotypical family. The father (Ray) is the working provider for the family while the Mother (Debra) is the stay at home mom that cleans and takes care of the kids.

Patterns of family Conflict

“Couples develop their own styles of conflict, which were unique to them.”(pg.218). This is apparent in how Ray and Debra fight. Debra gets very emotional and ray being the non serious type still jokes around even when Debra is mad.

NarrativeFrank is the main Narrator for the family. He is a “manly man” and a Korean war vet. He is always the person telling old war stories and also letting his two sons (although they don’t want to hear it) how hard life was “back then”.

Relational Maintenance

Relational maintenance has five strategies:

PositivityOpennessAssurancesSocial NetworksSharing Tasks

Power The Power in the family comes from Marie. She is the dominant one in the family that keeps everything in order she cooks family meals and on holidays makes sure everything is going as planned.

Even Though Frank is a stern man, he often openly admits that “your mother does what she wants” and also said “you try and stop her” this is clear evidence Marie has the power