Why Modern Family Fans Think The Show Failed Lily - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 06-15-2022, 08:09 PM

https://www.looper.com/895931/why-mo...w-failed-lily/

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Some fans think Lily deserved more screen time and substantial stories

A now-deleted Reddit user asked the "Modern Family" community which character they felt deserved more screen time. To best gauge the responses, they also included a poll in which over 2,400 individuals wound up casting ballots. DeDe Pritchett (Shelley Long) came in last with 130 votes, write-in picks took 167, and Gil Thorpe (Rob Riggle) came away with 179. In quite the jump, Joe Pritchett (Jeremy Maguire) came up next at 350, Dylan Marshall (Reid Ewing) at 360, and Lilly Tucker-Pritchett scored the remaining 1,200-plus votes. Many sounded off in the comments with reasons why they picked her above all others.

A common thread among the several replies concerning Lily's screen time is that, as she aged, her character steadily declined. As a young kid, she always had witty one-liners and fun quips while maintaining her youthfulness. That all faded as she became a teenager, turning her into a plot device and leaving her with little to do. But how does Aubrey Anderson-Emmons feel about how Lily turned out? She hasn't spoken about her arc directly, but she has revealed her feelings about the show and the role. In an interview with Grumpy Magazine, she expressed her love and appreciation for "Modern Family," its fans, and the lessons the show taught her.

Lily was undeniably a highlight of "Modern Family," largely thanks to Aubrey Anderson-Emmons' acting ability. It's just too bad she didn't become more prevalent as her tenure went on.

Yong Fang · 06-16-2022, 08:26 AM

I don’t feel sorry for her if she didn’t get the lines she wanted, she made more than $2,000,000 (at least a year, this is just a guess, but the middle daughter of the Dumphy’s made $6,000,000 a year (retired at 20, yay!) and Lily was a lesser but a character) for working literally two to three hours a week, and I take that from it being an 18 minute show and she was in one of the three segments. Yes, a thirty minute show is only about 18 to 20 minutes long.

I want to know who and what happened to the original baby. She always frowned and she didn’t like doing the show. What is her name and what happened to her?

06-16-2022, 08:26 AM	#2
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	I don’t feel sorry for her if she didn’t get the lines she wanted, she made more than $2,000,000 (at least a year, this is just a guess, but the middle daughter of the Dumphy’s made $6,000,000 a year (retired at 20, yay!) and Lily was a lesser but a character) for working literally two to three hours a week, and I take that from it being an 18 minute show and she was in one of the three segments. Yes, a thirty minute show is only about 18 to 20 minutes long. I want to know who and what happened to the original baby. She always frowned and she didn’t like doing the show. What is her name and what happened to her?