Tag: An American Family

  • The Controversial ’70s TV Hit That Inspired Little Miss Sunshine

    The Controversial ’70s TV Hit That Inspired Little Miss Sunshine

    When “Little Miss Sunshine” arrived on the scene in 2006, nabbing both Academy Awards and the hearts of American audiences, it captured an era of mid-aughts indie filmmaking that was defined by quirky comedic dysfunction. From “Garden State” and “Napoleon Dynamite” before it, to “Juno” and “500 Days of Summer” after, the road trip movie…