Friends is Homophobic and Regressive? Who Knew!

Netflix is now airing all the seasons of the iconic sitcom, Friends. The TV show with legions of fans all over India and the world is now being watched for the first time by some audiences. Some people, such as millennials are watching the show with new eyes as adults after having watched it as children when they understood few of the nuances. Now, when one thinks about it, Friends is problematic in several ways.
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The fat jokes

Each time there was a flashback to Monica and Rachel's school days, the fat jokes came on. Not only that, it was assumed that because Monica was fat in those days, she was also extremely unattractive.

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