Watching American TV Shows to understand American Culture
I am trying to learn and understand American culture by watching the American TV shows,and sometimes I wonder that if what the TV Show show presents was is the real life that what really happens in American daily life.
The TV show I like the most is "Modern Family". I get a glimpse of the life of a middle class family in the U.S. One thing that I am really curious about is , It is are there only a few teenagers that want to get into a Top tier university ? Because on the Modern Family, it seems like most of the teenagers just want to be "cool", and studying hard will be classified classify one as a "Nerd", and so as it does in "Big Bang Theory". Because In Asia, this these kinds of people will get so much of respect because this mean they will have a better life lives in the future .
By the way, another TV Show that I love so much is "Orange is the new black". I am so interested in African American culture. The slang, the manner of speaking and the culture they present is so much interesting. I am the a BIG FAN of "OITNB" . Is there any movie or TV show that you would recommend for to better understanding African American culture ?