Monica E. Geller is a fictitious character, one of the six main characters that appear in the American sitcom Friends . Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and played by actress Courteney Cox, Monica appeared in each of 236 episodes of the show, ranging from the premiere on September 24, 1994 to the end on May 6, 2004. A chef famous for its cleanliness, competitiveness and nature obsessive-compulsive, Monica is Ross's sister and Rachel's best friend, the last one she invited to live with after Rachel left her own marriage. The two characters spent several years living together as roommates until Monica started a romantic relationship with Chandler's old neighbor and friend, whom she married. Unable to conceive the children themselves, the couple eventually adopted twins and moved from their apartment to a larger house on the outskirts of town.
The first choice creator for Monica's role is comedian Janeane Garofalo. Cox was initially offered the role of Rachel but refused to portray her best friend Monica because she was interested in her strong personality. Meanwhile, Rachel's role goes to actress Jennifer Aniston, Cox's co-star to whom Monica's role was initially offered. Before the Friends aired, Monica's characterization was heavily debated among the authors of the character who slept with a man on their first date during the pilot. Kauffman in particular strongly defended Monica, arguing with NBC executives, Don Ohlmeyer as to whether this would make the character too indecent. In the end, the episode aired unchanged after the studio surveyed the audience, a result that again supported Monica's existing storyline. The character's struggle with childhood obesity, challenges with romantic relationships and complicated relationships with her mother eventually became the popular staples on the show.
A few months before Friends aired, NBC had conducted a research report, a result that determined that Monica was the only character that had been well received by the test listeners. When the first < Friends first aired, Monica's first criticism - which was soon set as the "chicken hen" show - and Cox as the main characters and serial stars, respectively. Critics have received much of both Cox and his character; The Los Angeles Times holds the role of Cox responsible for refuting the stigma that attractive women are unable to provide comedy shows. Viewed as a television icon, Monica famously discussed some of the topics rarely discussed on prime time television at the time, including safe sex, free sex, and age differences in relationships. Despite garnering positive reviews for his performance, Cox is the only major player who has never been nominated for an Emmy Award during a ten-year span '.
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Roles
The hard-working Monica was introduced at the pilot as one of five close friends living in New York City, including her brother Ross (David Schwimmer), neighbor Joey (Matt Leblanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry), and former Phoebe roommate (Lisa Kudrow ). When her inexperienced childhood friend Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), who has long since lost her contact, suddenly arrives in her neighborhood unannounced as a runaway bride after leaving her own marriage, Monica allows her to move in with him as he attempts to reorganize his life , and both reconnect.
Monica started dating Dr. Richard Burke (Tom Selleck), an older man who was also one of his father's best friends and 21 years older than him. However, the couple agree to end their long-term relationship after realizing that Richard does not want children, while Monica aspires to finally raise her own family someday. While in England attending Ross's second marriage, to Emily (Helen Baxendale), Monica slept with Chandler. Initially it should be a relaxing, once repetitive thing, Monica and Chandler end up developing feelings for each other, but trying to hide it from their friends for as long as possible. After finally revealing their relationship with their friends, who were happy with the news, Monica and Chandler got married.
After several unsuccessful attempts to conceive a child of their own, Monica and Chandler discover that they are both infertile, and eventually settle on adoption as an alternative, deciding to adopt the unborn child of the single mother who is full of hope Erica (Anna Faris). The couple were very surprised when Erica gave birth to twins, and named Jack's son after Monica's father, and Erica's girl after her biological mother.
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Development
Conception and writing
Television writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman originally aired Friends as a show about "special time in your life when your friends are your family" to NBC president Warren Littlefield shortly after their brief sitcom Family Album i> canceled by CBS. Inspired by their own experiences as young adults living in New York City, writers loosely base six major characters on some of their own friends and family; Monica is based on Kauffman herself. Observing that each main character was originally written as a "one-note stereotype", Jonathan Bernstein of The Daily Telegraph identified Monica as a group's "fun-killer" tense group. When the first Friends were shown, most of the earliest episodes revolved around Monica, through whom each character seemed to be interconnected; Friends starred in a sibling character, his best friend, his former roommate and two of his neighbors socializing in Monica's apartment.
In the pilot, Monica was thrown out immediately after sleeping with her new date Paul on the eve of their first date. Monica was tricked into sleeping with him after Paul lied to her about her sex life, accusing him of not sleeping with anyone in the two years since his wife left him. At first, NBC executives were worried that the audience would react to Monica's role badly, so they decided to survey the audience in the studio and ask if they thought that having Monica sleeping with someone on their first date made her character too shaky. Don Ohlmeyer, then president of the west coast division of NBC, was very persistent about his stance on Monica's role in the pilot, which he regarded as "free sex", and created a "stacked questionnaire" that asked the audience if they thought Monica was a prostitute.. Kauffman recalled, Ohlmeyer specifically stated that Monica deserved to be dumped, a statement that made the writer so offended, fired Ohlmeyer as a misogynist. In the end, the results back in favor of Monica; the audience liked the character, and the episode aired unchanged.
At the start of the series, Monica's apartments were established as one of the two main locations of the show. In the pilot, the apartment number is 5, which was changed to 20 in the next episode after the authors determined that Monica was actually living on a much higher floor. The third season "The One Where No One's Ready" took place entirely in Monica's apartment because the show's budget was not large enough to accommodate an additional set or guest star at the time. At the end of the series, Phoebe states that every character sharing Monica's apartment at least one point during their lifetime.
Relationship with Chandler Bing
Andrew Harrison of The New Republic believes that the author deliberately broke the main character who approached the life-changing boundary relationship because "What Friends are really meant to be together is, after all, other Friends". Since Monica and Joey were originally conceived as two of the sexiest characters in the show, Crane and Kauffman were originally intended for them to be the main couple of the show, before eventually replacing them with Ross and Rachel. The idea of ​​Monica and Joey was abandoned once Joey's role was cast; actor Matt LeBlanc approached his character using more of the "big sister vibe" in terms of Joey's relationship with Cox's character as a romantic opponent, ultimately favored by the author. According to Allison Piwowarski of Bustle, Monica and Joey's relationship will greatly change the course of the entire series, having a life-changing effect on his character. Summarizing the role of Monica in this series, Martin Gitlin writes in his book The Greatest Sitcoms of All Time while his friends "... just come out to capitalize on their social life", Monica "strives to keep the others fit "while looking for" Mr. Right ", which turned out to be a close friend of Chandler. A few years before Monica and Chandler became romantically involved, Cox had joked in an interview that if his character had had sex with other main characters, chances are that Chandler. Crane and Kauffman never intended to pair Monica and Chandler with each other, and simply decided to expand the relationship idea between two friends after realizing that viewers had "fallen in love" with the idea of ​​Monica and Chandler as a couple. According to Robert Bianco from USA Today, "Their affair comes suddenly and should be back there fast - but something in the relationship is clicked with the viewer." The romantic ideas of Monica and Chandler originally appeared much earlier in the series than writers Scott Silveri and Shana Goldberg-Meehan, who first observed the chemistry of characters in the two episode season "The One Where the Ross Finds Out", where an idle and unemployed Monica temporarily acted as Chandler's personal trainer. However, Silveri's suggestion was initially vetoed by another writer, who felt that it was too early to introduce another major mate to Friends just paired with Ross and Rachel. After Ross and Rachel drop out in season three, the authors feel that the time is right to officially introduce Monica and Chandler as a couple, deciding that Friends "can not just rest on this one [Ross and Rachel] relationship ", while believing that Monica and Chandler will ultimately provide an exciting opportunity for writers to explore the brand's new storyline.
Silveri and Goldberg-Meehan are intentionally intended to keep the union of Monica and Chandler "low" in order to better differentiate it from Ross and Rachel, which is already very common. To get an idea of ​​how the audience's reaction to Monica and Chandler is related to Ross and Emily's wedding in London, the scene in which a naked Monica suddenly appears from under the bed sheet of a Chandler hotel was filmed in front of three separate tests. viewers, each of whom responded with great enthusiasm for surprise, a few months before the episode was actually recorded. Despite the warm welcome received from the audience, Silveri and Goldberg-Meehan were initially unsure whether they should continue to extend their relationship further, and proceeded with caution by having Monica and Chandler initially keep their relationship hidden from their peers. The protector of their character, Cox and Perry shared the same doubts at first, but eventually grew to accept Monica and Chandler as a couple. Character relations finally revealed to their friends in the episode "The One Where Everybody Finds Out". While each character strongly approves of their union, Monica's parents initially hated their daughter's feelings for Chandler because of the ancient misunderstandings involving Chandler.
Bianco observes that "In most events, connecting two main characters like Monica and Chandler will be an act of despair." However, "On Friends , it is a genius that makes both characters more interesting as well as providing the needed diversion from the main task of the event: Maintaining a romantic balance between Ross and Rachel." The relationship between Monica and Chandler is the antithesis of Ross and Rachel because it stays "healthy and strong until the series ends", while the other couple are relentlessly on-and-off. Encyclopedia of Television author Horace Newcomb believes that Monica's feelings for Chandler are responsible for healing the fear of commitment. Similarly, Slate writer Ruth Graham observes that "Chandler is painted as a self-loathing loser with women, until he finally snatches Monica at the end of Season 4." Meanwhile, Silveri believes that Friends finally ran that long because partly for the romance of Monica and Chandler, explains, "if the center Friends has fixed Ross and Rachel, you'll see the shelf life much shorter for the show "; Arc Monica and Chandler are believed to have extended the series for about three years. Crane and Kauffman always intend to give Monica and Chandler a child. When the time finally came for them to write the cover, the idea of ​​a couple adopting a newborn twin was conceived at the last minute just "for fun". The births of Monica and Chandler twins serve as one of the final major plots. They were named Jack and Erica - after Monica's father and their biological mother. - The twins are born three minutes apart and forty-six seconds apart. Despite the surprising addition of Monica and Chandler twins are generally well received, critics question the fact that babies are taken home from the hospital on the same day as their birth.
Casting
Monica is portrayed by American actress Courteney Cox. Crane and Kauffman originally wrote the role of Monica for comedian Janeane Garofalo, their first choice, because they were interested in her "edgier and snarkier" sound. However, Garofalo finally rejected the offer. Actress Jami Gertz was also offered a role but was rejected, while actress Leah Remini auditioned for Monica before finally playing Carrie Heffernan in The King of Queens sitcom in 1998; Remini will eventually become a guest star on the episode of Friends . Before being cast as Monica in Friends, Cox is best known for appearing in the music video of singer "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen; in the television industry for his recurring role as Lauren Miller, girlfriend Alex P. Keaton, at the sitcom Family Ties; and Melissa Robinson in the comedy film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), against Jim Carrey. After guest starring in the sitcom Seinfeld as Meryl, the main character girlfriend Jerry Seinfeld, the producer offered Cox the role of Monica's spoiled good friend because the actress "has a cheerful and cheerful energy", which is significantly different from how they imagined Monica on at that time. Feeling he was not "weird" enough to describe Rachel, Cox lobbied in favor of playing Monica instead because she was attracted to the "strong" personality character, but the producers feared that she was not "strong enough" for the role, offered to actress Jennifer Aniston, who Cox will eventually become a star. Meanwhile, the closest competitor to the role is actress Nancy McKeon; Littlefield recalls having really enjoyed both of these actress auditions equally, and left the final decision up to Crane and Kauffman. In the end, Cox won the role of McKeon because the creators saw "something fresh" in his audition; Kauffman explains that Cox in the end "brings a whole bunch of other colors" to Monica rather than what they first imagined when they considered Garofalo for that part. Meanwhile, Aniston finally won the role of Rachel.
Each lead actor auditioned for Friends who had some degree of previous sitcom experience. Before being finally cast on Friends, Cox's growing success as an actress relies heavily on his physical appearance. Unlike his previous roles in projects such as Family Ties and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Los Angeles Times Steve Weinstein believes that Monica is the first major role where Cox was cast on the basis of his ability as a comedy actress who contradicted his beauty. Cox believes that he owes the role-playing for his short task as Gabriella Easden on the short sitcom The Trouble With Larry , which she considers the first time she plays a character that is "the funny one", which in turn gets actress recommendations for Friends after their cancellation. When Friends aired, Cox was the most notable actor among a young actor, a relatively unknown actor, and was therefore initially considered by critics and audiences as the star of the show, despite Crane's efforts and Kauffman to promote Friends as ensemble comedy. According to actress Lisa Kudrow, who describes Phoebe, Cox is responsible for declaring that all players work together as a team. As the most experienced cast member of the time, Cox advised his playmates to stay open to their ideas, notes and suggestions, while giving them permission to tell him "If I can do something more funny". Cox was originally the highest paid member of the cast. Preferably treated equally, all players are negotiating for universal salaries, demanding Warner Bros. accommodate their request of $ 100,000 per episode in the third season, up from its original season salary of $ 22,000 per episode. At one point, the actors went as far as threatening to boycott their own event if their demands were denied, while refusing to renew an out-of-date contract. The studio finally fulfilled, and by the 10th season each actor paid $ 1 million per episode, making Cox and his female colleagues the highest-paid television actress of all time.
Cox was 30 years old when he was thrown, making him the second-time main cast member of the show, and was 39 at the start of the Friends ' season. In addition, this distinction makes Cox older than the sibling on his screen, actor David Schwimmer, who portrays his brother Ross, who is one year older than him. The actress will pass Monica's sentences firmly. Although each character is described as an industrious coffee drinker, spending much of their free time at the coffee house, Cox himself does not drink coffee, and only pretends to drink it from the cup on the show. Kauffman believes that Cox's hygiene is very similar to his character; sometimes the actress will clean his co-stars dressing room. Cox also shares the motherly character traits. The actress enjoyed describing Monica as she was able to "bring her more of my own personality to her, and I've never really been able to do that before." Starpulse.com observes that "As Monica, Cox has never really enjoyed the type of watercooler storyline that starred... Jennifer Aniston has with David Schwimmer as Rachel, again-again, and Ross." At one point, Cox began to regret his decision to accept Monica's role over Rachel because of the lack of a strong storyline; he finally succumbs after Monica and Chandler become romantically involved, so the character's storyline gradually begins to improve.
Cox married actor David Arquette in 1999 while the show was a hiatus between the fifth and sixth seasons, so the actress officially changed his full name to Courteney Cox Arquette. The opening season credit season six "The One After Vegas" features a farce in where the new name Cox "Arquette" is attached to the surname of each player and crew member. This episode is dedicated to Cox and Arquette, reading, "To Courteney and David, who are indeed married." Before marrying Cox, Arquette has a guest star on the episode Friends as Phoebe's love interest. During season 10, Cox is pregnant with her and Arquette's son. At the same time, her character and her on-screen husband are in the process of adopting a child. Like Monica and Chandler, Cox and Arquette are also struggling with getting pregnant in real life. Although real pregnancy Kudrow's life has been successfully written into the show, the same is not possible for Cox because Friends have long known that Monica is not capable of having children. Therefore, the crew tried to hide Cox's pregnancy using a combination of loose, loose, and props costume instead. However, sometimes the actress's growing belly can still be detected by viewers regardless of the crew's best efforts.
Characterization and theme
Compliance and neuroticism
At the start of season one, Monica is 25 years old. Rita Loiacono of SheKnows Media believes that Monica is the most fully embodied character from the beginning of the series because "her quirks evolved onto the tee." Like some popular female sitcoms during the 1980s and 1990s, Monica had a natural motherly instinct, constantly "voicing the desire to be a mother". As the group's "unofficial mother" group, "Monica occupies their female parent role, and is thus often regarded as the highest-headed member of sextet, with Ken Parish Perkins of Chicago Tribune identifying Monica as the most fundamental character of the event.Jill O'Rourke of Crushable describes him as "the glue that brings the group together." Ken Tucker of Entertainment Entertainment believes that Monica serves as a "solid center in a circle of strange friends" because of his personality which is "bright", combined with the fact that he maintains a safe job while appearing to have the most common sense.Moreover, Tucker identifies Monica as a "straight woman." Writes for The New York Times John J. O'Connor believes that Monica shows "the strongest bond with reality" as the most realistic character describes the sitcom James Tison of Bustle is setu ju that Monica is the most portable character. Referring to Monica as the half of "headmaster" series, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Robert Bianco describes the character as plausible, explaining that both he and Ross's brother represent a "relatively stable center around that other friends play. "Describing her as" ultra-competent, "Emily Nussbaum likens Monica to the Snow White fairy tale character, whose housekeeping skills are five the other main character is very dependent, similar to the relationship between Snow White and the seven dwarves. Although Monica started Friends as a straight person, the author finally made it funny by incorporating aspects of Cox's own personality into character, in addition to writing wittier material for her.
Identified by Ayn Bernos of the Thought Catalog as "the emblem of... strange controls", Kelsey Miller Refinery29 sums up Monica's personality as funny, tense, loving, and competitive. A highly organized character with a Type A signature personality who is powerful, Monica is known as a "neat freak" who is obsessed with cleanliness - especially when it comes to maintaining the perfect condition of her apartment - neurotic, highly obsessive-compulsive, and competitive in nature, exaggerated personality traits for humor and comic help; the author did not start taking full comedy profits from Monica's neurosis until the first episode of Thanksgiving event. His character is also the loudest of his friends. In his book Writing With Feelings, Tensions, and Conflict: Techniques for Creating an Expressive and Attractive Novel , author Cheryl St. John writes that Monica exhibits qualities commonly associated with perfectionism and rape. James Tison of Bustle writes that Monica's cleanliness and innocence often loosens her to "the weak" among her friends, though "she proves that sometimes rules and responsibilities are important". However, Steve Weinstein observes that Monica's actions often tend to contradict his "Miss Perfect" image and reputation, explaining that characters often "shame themselves" in addition to being "so neatly tidy that only facial expressions the inconvenience in one of his friends messes things up in his apartment enough to provoke a genuine laugh. " Although some of Monica's traits and behaviors make the character a strong candidate for obsessive-compulsive disorder, they are treated as "weird and funny" as opposed to disability or disease; his friends ignore or find humor in its peculiarities.
As a creator and writer, Kauffman asserts that Monica's highly organized personality is based on herself, explaining, "I have a lot of Monica in me, in which everything must be a certain way." Writing about Monica's personality development in USA Today, Robert Bianco observes that the character gradually evolved from "caring and caring mother... into a slightly off-the-beam benevolent king." At the end of the show season, Monica's personality has been "aggravated for comedy" to the point where it becomes the "cartoon" boundary.
Family and childhood; career and love life
Monica has a complicated relationship with her parents Jack (Elliot Gould) and Judy Geller (Christina Pickles), especially with her mother. Entertainment Weekly refers to the character relationship with the parent as "self-esteem." In fact, the majority of the main characters Friends have a "strained relationship" with their parents. Described as "very critical," Judy enjoys constantly criticizing the appearance of her daughter, her career, and her love life, while being kinder to her son, whom she likes. Chelsea Mize of Bustle writes that "weird habits" Monica and Ross become more understandable after... seeing them with their parents. "The Encyclopedia of Television Events, 1925 to 2010 author Vincent Terrance believes that Monica's competitiveness comes from being raised with Ross as a brother, to whom she often competes as a child.Kriti Tulsiani of IBNLive describes the relationship of Monica and Ross as "A mixture of jealous love and relatives with the urge to annoy each other to the core of deepest existence", with Ross often making fun of his brother's weight and Monica teasing him about some failed marriages in return.In terms of ethnicity, Crane insists that both Monica and Ross are half Jewish, with their fathers as Jews and their mothers from non-Jewish European ancestors.However, the American Jewish Television Image Change categorizes Monica as a "masked" Jew, explaining that " funny, and unsafe seem to be more Jewish "than Monica, whom the authors regard as" china-bonek a like "in appearance and attitude. In his book The Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, Volume 1 , author Stephen Harlan Norwood agrees that, unlike the Jewish men on the show, Monica's "marker" Jews have been completely erased.
Although Monica and Rachel have remained friends since high school, they are very contradictory. While both characters have the same economic background, they grew up in "the different ends of the high school social order," with Rachel becoming a popular cheerleader and Monica "dealing with body and control issues due to being overweight children and teenagers. "Sabienna Bowman from This Was TV observes that" Monica's struggle has finally made her more confident than Rachel, and better equipped to mature. " Among the decisive qualities, Monica has a passion for cooking since childhood, beginning when she received her first Easy-Bake Oven. A chef, the character has had several cooking-related jobs throughout the series, having worked in five different restaurants, a trend almost simultaneously with the constant rotation of his girlfriends in the ongoing quest for "perfect match." Michael Hogan of The Guardian believes that "competitive, perfectionist, obsessive-compulsive characters make him a career suitor." However, his passion for cooking and food is also responsible because he is very overweight as a child, across high school and college. Failure to walk from overweight Monica is often used as a recurring backstory for characters across the series, first explored in the second season episode "The One With the Prom Video" via flashback. One of his childhood character nicknames is "Big Fat Goalie" when he plays hockey. While overweight, Monica is described as having very low self-esteem, frequent overeating, and constantly seeking attention. While in college, Monica embarrassed to lose weight permanently after hearing Chandler who was a crush made him make fun of his appearance. Media and Rhetoric of Body Perfection: Cosmetic Surgery, Weight Loss and Beauty in Popular Cultures author. Deborah Harris-Moore believes that Monica's tendency to come out as a control freak comes from her childhood struggle with gain weight, explaining that the character was overeating to "overcome her emotions."
Having a strong will, character tends to show great perseverance when it comes to what he expects from relationships, work, and life in general, often refusing to accept anything less than what satisfies him. At the start of the series, Monica develops a reputation for experiencing bad luck and faces a less favorable situation when it comes to dating, romantic relationships, and her love life. Nick at Nite joked that the character "likes to keep things neat at home and his love life, though the latter is a bit more difficult." This motif is often explored as a source of comic relief; friends of that character often "choose" dating and her new boyfriend. In his review of the series, David Hiltbrand of People called the character "unlucky codependent in love," while Chicago Tribune ' s Ken Parish Perkins observes that Monica "often shot wrong when filming for Mr. Right." According to Mike D'Avria of Splitsider, Monica "never goes away from jumping into a pocket with random people and people who work with her" - among them a high school student, a former high school student, and an alcoholic - before dating Chandler, and of the six main characters of this event maintain the highest total serious relationship. Cox describes Monica as silly, angry, and sarcastic, while referring to her as the most sexually active character on the show even though she has a picture of "two-person shoes".
From Friends 'female characters, Monica style is the longest to determine. InStyle writes that Monica's combination of short, wavy hair and dark lipsticks evokes the "90s taking 40s style." Ashley Hoffman from Styleite believes that her original character was "dressed like a tourist trying to look like a New Yorker," often in jeans, overalls, and cargo shorts. With a wardrobe consisting of almost the same as dresses and pants, Monica's fashion sense, much like Rachel and Phoebe, "a bit of normcore, a little casual-corporation."
Critical reception
Four months before his premiere, Friends failed in NBC's secret research report, citing the inequalities of its six major characters as a possible factor. Although the report recognizes Monica as the only character who identifies the audience somewhat positively, NBC recognizes that acceptance of the character is "well below the desired level to lead" anyway. In retrospect, Andrew Harrison believes that although Monica and her friends are "superficial, selfish and initially difficult to like... in their solipsism and neurosis they reflect and send the world Appearing around them... much more accurate than the conventional gooey-hearted family sitcom ", finally" creat [ing] a coffee-scented cocoon that millions want to enter ". Reviews are gradually being improved; the initial critical evaluation of the Friends , who had baptized Cox as the star of the show, read, "Like Monica, [Cox] is charming, interesting, confident, and motivated - group leader". While the man finds the actress interesting, women appreciate his sense of humor.
When the Friends premiered in September 1994, critics initially regarded Monica as the main character of the event; Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker attributes this to the fact that Cox was the most famous player on the show at the time. The actress has garnered most of the positive reviews for her performance, with Tucker concluding that Cox managed to "play a straight woman... with alluring simplicity". Tony Scott of Variety praised all actors for "coming up and showing sharp sitcom skills... especially Cox", while The Baltimore Sun David Zurawik described it as "great" ". John Kiesewetter of The Cincinnati Enquirer praised Cox's ability to "convey verbal and physical comedy". Sophie Miskiw from Contactmusic.com praised Cox for portraying Monica with "compelling neurosis". As a character, Lifetime describes Monica as "neurotic but fun". Emma Lord of Bustle writes, "I can not imagine why one does not want to be Monica Geller", describing it as an "intelligent" and "smart" character. Recognizing that Monica is "probably not our favorite character", TalkTalk describes the character as "extraordinarily neurotic," while Nick at Nite reviews it as "as fun as he is neurotically" despite his arrogant personality. Howard Rosenberg of Los Angeles Times received all players, especially Cox and his character, both described as "powerful" and "fun and funny". Also writing for Los Angeles Times Glenn Whipp praised Cox's tenure at Friends, encouraging that the actress succeeded in "taking characters with obsessive-compulsive and silly habits, too much. competitive and shaping blood-and-blood women ". Describing the actress's comic timing as "perfect", Whipp goes on to write that Cox "raises Monica's discomfort in a way that transforms self-humiliation into an art form". Jenna Mullins from E! nicknamed Cox "a fantastic comedy actress". Alec Harvey from The Birmingham News described Monica as a "very, very funny" character. Kayla Upadhyaya from The Michigan Daily appreciated the fact that "Cox brings a moment of sincerity and severity to Monica". The Washington Post, however, mocks Cox's performance as "degrading", while Mike Ryan of ScreenCrush regards Monica as a "fairly normal, but boring" character.
In 1999, Cox was nominated for an American Comedy Award for the Bravest Women's Supporting Women Players in TV Series. Despite his continued praise for his performance, Cox has never received an Emmy Award nomination for his role on Friends throughout his entire operation, even though each of his five star partners did. Both female castmates Lisa Kudrow and Jennifer Aniston remain the sole winner of the award-winning event, which some Cox nominations in particular "have difficulty not taking... personally", admits to being "hurt" by the insult. A number of media cited Cox among several successful television actors whom they believed were appropriate but have yet to win an Emmy Award. Akademi Seni Televisi & amp; The failure of science to admit Cox encourages Jenna Mullins from E! to ask "if Hollywood has something against honoring a fantastic comedy actress like Cox." In 2014, SheKnows Media published an article explaining five reasons why writer Rita Loiacono believes that Monica is "the best character in Friends," citing her cleanliness, flexibility and role as the "heart of the group," between others. Loiacono is enthusiastic that Monica "has not only one decisive aspect, she has a lot, and they are all equally funny, not to mention her ambitions and vulnerabilities produce some of the most touching and heartbreaking events." In addition, Loiacono dismissed the fact that Cox had never received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance as Monica as a "real criminal". In 2015, HitFix wrote a similar article titled "5 Reasons Monica Geller is a Best Friend Friend ", published in conjunction with Cox's 51st birthday. An article in The Birmingham News quotes "The One Where It All Started", "The One With Two Parts: Part 2", "The One with the Prom Video", "The One with Chandler in the Box "," The One with All the Thanksgivings "," The One Everybody Finds Out "," The One On The Last Night "," The One with the Proposal "," The One with Wedding Monica and Chandler "and" The Last One "among the best episodes of Monica; Cox himself acknowledged "The One with the Embryos" as his personal favorite. Meanwhile, BDCwire ranked "The One With The Routine", "The One With The Wedding Dress", "The One With The Wedding Dress", "The One With Monica's Boots", "The One With the Jellyfish" and "The One Where Monica Sings "is among the best characters.
Despite his consistently warm welcome to Cox and his character, several aspects of Monica's characterization have been criticized. The second season episode of "The Where Where Dr Ramoray Dies" sparked controversy because one of the plot revolves around Monica and Rachel is arguing about a roommate who will win the remaining condoms in their apartment to have sex with their girlfriends Richard and Ross. In his book Narrative, Health, and Healing: Theory of Communication, Research, and Practice , writer Lynn M. Harter defends the storyline, arguing that it promotes safe sex. Rachel eventually won condoms in a rock game, paper, scissors, forcing Monica to abstain from the night. Monica's overweight ego ego, "Fat Monica", is often accused of being an overweight female offensive stereotype that is being exploited for laughter. Despite identifying previously overweight characters as "a standard TV trophy", The New Statesman Bim Adewunmi writes that Fat Monica "always makes strange notes" with the author despite the show's effort "to determine which is solid and satisfying back-story for characters ". Megan Kirby of xoJane questioned the negative effect of obese jokes on an overweight audience, writing, "What does this mean for girls like me who never get thin? Are we degraded into the side and stereotypes in our own lives ? Of course, this is not true.But I think sometimes, it's dark and secret: That fat girl can not be a protagonist. "Emma Tarver of Feminspire complained that Fat Monica" made me think as a child that I am not worthy of love, will mocked endlessly by my friends and family for my weight, and should never have bothered teasing because I would just disgust every man I looked at. " Instead, Kelsey Miller of Refinery29 received Fat Monica positively as "proof that I can overcome my disgusting hatred and be seen as a fun person too". In spite of these complaints, Fat Monica proved very popular among viewers that the authors will awaken the characters to a total of four episodes of flashbacks, each featuring Cox dressed as Fat Monica and eating donuts while dancing after the show finished recording a lot of audience entertainment studio. Though he only appears physically in four, Fat Monica is referenced in about half of the show episodes, and has since proven to be popular enough to be adapted into an internet meme.
Impact and inheritance
While each of the main characters eventually evolved into household names the longer friends ran, the previously unknown actors depicted gradually made themselves as celebrities. According to Elle , the combined popularity of Monica and Cox set both as a television icon during the 1990s. In addition, baby name books now generally associate the name "Monica" with characters. As a role in which Cox "finds fame", Monica remains the most iconic actress role to date, as well as the most familiar part. Us Weekly believes that Cox "made television history for 10 years running Monica". Meanwhile, Steve Weinstein of Los Angeles Times praised Cox's comedic performance by helping to deny the stereotype that "Beautiful women should not be funny". In 1995, one year after Friends aired, Cox appeared on the cover of People's "50 Most Beautiful People". According to the Alabama Biographical Dictionary author Jan Onofrio, Monica helped "put [Cox] in the television spotlight and make an offer for a more desirable role." The Daily News refers to Cox as "one of the more successful 'Friends' since the show ended" partly thanks to the role of television and his next film. According to Reed Tucker of New York Post , "Cox has diversified perhaps more than its former co-star" by setting up its production company, Coquette Productions, exploring directing and obtaining real estate licenses. However, the actress has also been criticized for failing to venture into a different role from Monica. By starring in and producing sitcom Cougar Town , which has been reviewed as an actress of "best show since Friends ", Cox became the only Friends the main actor to achieve significant television success post- Friends .
According to The Hollywood Reporter , Hollywood professionals chose Monica as the 47th best female fictional character. ChaCha jointly put Phoebe, Rachel, and Monica as the best female television characters of the 11th, 12th and 13th of all time. Maria Tallarico of Cosmopolitan observes that a number of Monica's storylines, especially where characters inadvertently have sex with a high school student, "probably will not fly on TV today". Writing for Mic.com, Samantha Allen believes that Monica helps "set the standard for how sitcoms can and will talk about sex" by engaging in free sex and dating older men. According to Dustin Levy of The Diamondback, Monica is inspired "every ensemble player in a sitcom with a commanding or neurotic female character," quotes Elrott's Scrubs Elliot Reid and Happy Endings 'Jane Kerkovich-Williams as an example of Monica's influence. In addition, Levy identifies Claire Dunphy from the sitcom Modern Family as the modern equivalent of Monica, explaining that the character "acts like Monica plus children". In the spring of 2015, TV Guide published an article titled "22 Spring Cleaning Tips From Monica Geller" in recognition of character cleanliness. In his article "5 Your Signs A Real-Life Monica Geller", Ayn Bernos of the Mind Catalog writes that the character's personality is the reason "all the perfectionist fans of this iconic TV show have asked themselves this question at least once in their lives: 'My God, am I a Monica Geller?!' "Emma Lord of
Friend ' The female character had a profound influence on women's fashion during the 1990s, becoming a household name as well as a fashion icon. Monica, Rachel and Phoebe respectively "became a style icon for the younger generation of women." According to Desiree Tolentino of Verge Campus, "Rachel and Monica are THE fashion icons back in the day," writes, "the style and sex appeal of Monica Geller that inspires every girl to care little about what they are wear, even if it moves the box from one apartment to another. "Describing Monica's wardrobe as" classic and elegant, "Style Stylist observes that the first season's bob pieces of character were imitated by some women, despite its popularity pale when compared to Aniston's iconic "Rachel" haircut, which is widespread Cox's jealous success. However, Cosmopolitan identified Monica's hairstyle as "Icon in its own right," included in the list of "20 Friends Hair Style icons". Monica also became famous for wearing a sweater with a scarf; on Cox's 51st anniversary in 2015, Cosmopolitan publishes an article celebrating its best character sweater. BuzzFeed ranked Monica's seventh wedding dress in the list of websites from "28 TV Shows Your Wedding Dresses Will Always Envy", while the Brides rank it the ninth largest wedding dress in television history. Us Weekly put it in the "Celebrity Wedding Dresses: TV & amp; Movies" list. Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph quotes some Monica outfits and hairstyles among the list of newspapers "Friends in the best fashion". According to Patricia Murphy of Irish Independent, Monica is one of the most famous television fiction chefs, "explains," its OCD combined with an ongoing effort to perfection makes it a really fun watch. " The Guardian ranked Monica fifth on the list of "10 best fictional chefs", while People ranked eighth, with author Grace Gavilanes writing, "He is the best chefs - neurotics in the most entertaining/productive way, and always clean up the mess in the kitchen. "
USA Today Robert Bianco contributed Monica and Chandler's relationship and their marriage in "The One With Monica and Chandler's Wedding" episode by saving Friends . Prior to the episode, the show "seemed to be in serious danger of staying out of welcome." While acknowledging that the entire episode "is not one of the best Friends ", Bianco explains that "Marriage changes all that, and in a remarkable way." While BuzzFeed rated Monica and Chandler the 23rd best television partner, E! putting the second pair in the rankings of the greatest spouse, with author Sydney Bucksbaum writing, "It's hard to imagine a time when Monica and Chandler were not together, but they needed four seasons to really get together. it is clear that they are indeed destined. "Gerstenberger's team from TV Overmind voiced this sentiment with Chandler Monica's best boyfriend, giving him an 'A'. Gerstenberger writes, "I will not be able to face myself every day if I do not rank Chandler the best of Monica's boyfriends from Friends, the two eventually marry, which only shows that someone standing night is meant to survive." and Ross is also influential. According to Kriti Tulsiani of IBNLive, the characters "give a perfect exception to the myth that one can not find the best friend in their brother especially when they are of the opposite sex... they have broken all the conventional boundaries of the sisters' relationship." PopSugar gave ranked Monica and Ross fifth on the "9 Best Sibling Relationships From '90s TV website"
Immediately established as one of the major event settings, Monica Green Village's large apartment has since become one of the most famous and iconic television sets in history. Steffani Cameron from BuildDirect writes that "Monica's apartment is like no other on TV.It's full of color, chaos, and personality.That's a room assembled together kitsch and class, and that's just magic", citing windows, colors and openness at between his favorite things about the apartment. Harper's Bazaar Magazine rated among the "12 Best Apartments on TV". Chloe Daley of Refinery29 jokes that the apartment serves as a "lesson on how to decorate in purple" and "lessons about how not to". Based on the total number of bedrooms, open kitchen concept, large living room and balcony, real estate agency Sydney Blumstein estimates that the apartment will be worth approximately US $ 2.3 million by 2015. In terms of its size and affordability, apartments have often been the subject of research; critics are constantly questioning how Monica, a chef, and Rachel, a waitress, can afford such luxurious homes based on their relatively low incomes, often rejecting the event's explanation that this is due to the illegal courtesy of Monica's grandmother who moved to Florida. Hollywood.com's Abbey Stone ranks it 10 "most ridiculous" television apartments, while The Village Voice puts it at number four in the same article.
See also
- List Friends characters
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