In the golden age of television and the renaissance of literary fiction, the family drama has undergone a massive resurrection. From the Roys of Succession to the Whitmans of This Is Us , audiences cannot get enough of watching relatives tear each other apart—or stitch each other back together.
There is a reason the oldest stories in human history—from the Greek tragedy of Oedipus to the epic fratricide of The Mahabharata —are about families. Before there were countries, police forces, or corporate ladders, there was the tribe. And at the center of every tribe was the family unit: a volatile cocktail of love, obligation, history, and resentment.
Do not have a character say, "Ever since you stole my boyfriend in 1998, I have hated you." Show it through a passive-aggressive toast at a wedding instead.
Family dramas serve as funhouse mirrors for our own lives. When you watch a brother betray a sister for an inheritance, you aren’t just entertained; you are subconsciously comparing it to the time your sibling took the last parking spot at Thanksgiving. These stories validate the quiet, ugly truths we aren't supposed to say out loud: that we don't always like the people we love, and that blood is not always thicker than water.
In the golden age of television and the renaissance of literary fiction, the family drama has undergone a massive resurrection. From the Roys of Succession to the Whitmans of This Is Us , audiences cannot get enough of watching relatives tear each other apart—or stitch each other back together.
There is a reason the oldest stories in human history—from the Greek tragedy of Oedipus to the epic fratricide of The Mahabharata —are about families. Before there were countries, police forces, or corporate ladders, there was the tribe. And at the center of every tribe was the family unit: a volatile cocktail of love, obligation, history, and resentment.
Do not have a character say, "Ever since you stole my boyfriend in 1998, I have hated you." Show it through a passive-aggressive toast at a wedding instead.
Family dramas serve as funhouse mirrors for our own lives. When you watch a brother betray a sister for an inheritance, you aren’t just entertained; you are subconsciously comparing it to the time your sibling took the last parking spot at Thanksgiving. These stories validate the quiet, ugly truths we aren't supposed to say out loud: that we don't always like the people we love, and that blood is not always thicker than water.
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