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“Cheers”: A Semiotic Analysis by Berger In Arthur Asa Berger’s essay, he conducts a semiotic analysis of the comedy television show “Cheers.” In his analysis of the show he points out many characteristics that refer to semiotics. Ev ....

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.... one sees it, both meanings apply to the plot of the show. This is what Berger is trying to explain in his semiotic analysis. Another example Berger uses is the example about the names of the cast of the television show, “Cheers”. Berger states that there is a definite meaning behind every character’s name in the show. For example, the character named “Coach” is an absent-minded character that can’t even remember his own name. The real meaning of the word “coach” is a mentor or a teacher. This is not a very good argument used by Berger because any name could be made to have different meanings. O ....