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How To Get Away With Murder Analysis
How to Get Away with Murder is the show that has been a great hit and success to ABC channel and it has received a tremendous amount of views. A show that recently became number one on TV and the ratings for it has skyrocketed. On the charts, the show has a leading nine million viewer rate which is increasing leading up to the second season finale in two weeks. The credit for this successful show is given to the writer of many popular TV shows screening right now is Shonda Rhimes. Rhimes created How to Get away with Murder, which is one of the best that ABC has ever aired. Rhimes incorporated the use of mystery in the plot and the use of different characters that all create the melodramatic setting in the show to appeal to the viewer. However, …show more content…
Most of the characters hide who they truly are and do not tell their significant other, or the people closest to them about their life. In the first few episodes of the show the viewers learns about a college student that has been found dead in her sororities house water tank. The storyline elaborates more on to becoming deeper into cases and secrets that are being exposed slowly. The characters tend to play the role of being secretive and mysterious which creates a bond between the viewers and …show more content…
Her techniques in how she connects with the audience she has gives a perspective on how she frames the layout of her episodes. In how to get away with murder, she uses the different characters that create the sensational and overdramatic setting effect in the show to appeal to the audience. From the tactic that the characters are put together on the show play a role on how the audience pertain to the show. The Show has everything audience need except for the view on how it depicts sexuality. The representation of sexuality is not shown to be a positive thing, the idea of sleeping around for one’s benefit seems to play a huge deal in the show. The show incidentally fails to provide an explanation on the use of law terminology during the court scenes. A viewer can easily misinterpret the claim given in court. Overall, How to Get Away with Murder has now increasingly high amount of views and the ending of season two will hopefully have a great season finale this
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