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'The Village' season 1: You don't get to choose your relatives but you can choose your family

NBC's upcoming show 'The Village' challenges the very idea of family and is empowering with its vision of a world where we get to choose who becomes our family

The premiere of NBC's highly-anticipated family drama is just a week away and what we know so far is that the show revolves around the theme of family. This has led to mixed reactions with many believing that the series will be yet another family-themed drama preaching that family is everything. Many have even compared the show to NBC's 'This Is Us.'

Going by the trailer and the teasers released so far, that seems unlikely. The characters stand out on their own way and the show challenges the very idea of family. Saccharine for sure, but 'The Village' radiates the idea that you have a say in who becomes your family.

There's a freedom lurking behind this family drama that not many family dramas offer. With its unconventional line that you don't get to choose who your relatives are but you can choose your family, the show examines what it means to be a family.