Genre Analysis “Are You in fear of the Corona Virus to odd home remedies”

The Breakfast Club, a weekday hip-hop oriented talk show, is able to thrive off of the show’s personalities, specifically Charlamagne. The audience actually benefits from the lack of objectivity given that as a hip-hop talk show, they target a specific demographic that wants to hear their opinions. While Charlamagne makes his opinions widely known, it doesn’t distract from the show as the intent is obviously entertaining, regardless of if he is exaggerating his beliefs or not. Ultimately, the show is balanced from the more mild-mannered approaches of DJ Envy and Angela Yee.

Given that the personalities are so alluring, their credibility comes from just that. It is one of those situations where if Charalamagne, Envy, or Angela were not to be moderating, it would simply not feel like The Breakfast Club to many people. Because of this, Angela is able to have her signature “Rumor Report” and Charlamagne’s “Donkey of the Day”, allowing for theatrics and subtle use of music and sound effects to distinguish the segments to fit in the genre of a variety talk show. One of the other staples of the show comes from their call-ins to add in multiple perspective and allow Charlamagne and co. to challenge their own beliefs and in turn, make light of topical conversations such as Coronavirus and voting. The show fits snuggly into the archetype of talk radio. While it definitely would not be appealing to a large chunk of Americans, its consistent presence in pop culture is absolutely due to the show’s fun, broad perspective on pop culture, heightened by spazz out moments that help the circulation of clips to live on platforms such as YouTube in a declining era of radio.