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work_jqgzpvxnrfekjohvxzo3saj564	Anthony Harkins	The Middle	2015	5	.pdf	application/pdf	1662	106	61	Certainly the show's regular opening sequence of an empty road surrounded by corn fi elds with crows cawing in the background seems to establish an explicit and specifi c midwestern location and identity, as does The pilot episode's opening scene promised an instructive counterresponse to the idea of the region as literal and fi gurative "fl yover country" Certainly there are occasional references to midwestern and especially Indiana place markers, such as a Heck family trip to Chicago, a Halloween episode that features a corn maze, or local sports teams. episode about a college tour by Sue and Mike of actual Indiana universities. rather differently in an interview with an Indianapolis local news reporter laugh track, and the episodes routinely offer a generally honest (if comically presented) depiction of struggling lower middle class life. Unfortunately, The Middle breaks little new ground in its representation of the Midwest itself.	./cache/work_jqgzpvxnrfekjohvxzo3saj564.pdf	./txt/work_jqgzpvxnrfekjohvxzo3saj564.txt