The cult classic NBC sitcom “Friends” wouldn’t be considered progressive by modern standards, but, then again, neither would any television series from the mid 90s.
Compared to contemporary sitcoms, “Friends” was full of burgeoning concepts of wokeness, which were edgy for the time. Some – like Ross being married to a lesbian and Chandler’s father being trans – were as subtle as a freight train. Others were a little harder to spot.
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