I will be comparing Frasier season 10 the episode "Daphne does dinner" with Men Behaving Badly episode "Pornography"
In Frasier, Niles and Frasier are constructed as camp or effete males. However, unlike in most sitcoms, these stereotypical roles are unconventional, because they are not actually homosexual. In direct contrast we have Men Behaving Badly (mbb), in which the two male characters, Gary and Tony are constructed as stereotypical Lads. In the basic construction of the male characters, we find several similarities and several differences. One reason for this is the differences between typical British sitcom, the 'frustrate male' sitcom, and the US sitcom, which is more sympathetic.
From the opening sequences of mbb we are set up for the premise. …
