▁Marshall ▁Brian ▁McK night , ▁as ▁Sto k ely ▁Car m ich ael ▁Kevin ▁McC ork le , ▁as ▁astr onaut ▁G us ▁Gr iss om ▁Rich ▁V os , ▁as ▁Len ny ▁Bruce ▁Eric ▁the ▁M idget , ▁as ▁Tra vel ▁Agency ▁Customer ▁Krist en ▁Bell , ▁as ▁Amy ▁Field ing ▁R andy ▁Jackson , ▁as ▁Band ▁Manager ▁ ▁Acc ur acy ▁Despite ▁its ▁popular ity ▁as ▁a ▁family ▁drama , ▁American ▁Dream s ▁was ▁heavily ▁critic ized ▁for ▁its ▁various ▁levels ▁of ▁historical ▁in ac cur acy . ▁Several ▁historic ▁events ▁were ▁rest aged ▁earlier ▁or ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁show ' s ▁tim eline ▁to ▁fit ▁a ▁plot line , ▁and ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁music ▁and ▁pop ▁culture ▁references ▁do ▁not ▁match ▁up ▁with ▁either ▁historic ▁fact ▁or ▁the ▁show ' s ▁current ▁tim eline . ▁Several ▁arguments ▁between ▁the ▁show ' s ▁loyal ▁fan base ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁to ▁whether ▁the ▁show ▁should ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁chron olog ically ▁accurate ▁representation ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁Philadelphia , ▁or ▁is ▁instead ▁an ▁ideal ized ▁combination ▁of ▁m nem onic ▁images ▁and ▁pop ▁culture ▁references ▁from ▁points ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁much ▁as ▁the ▁film ▁The ▁Wed ding ▁S inger ▁was ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁Some ▁examples ▁of ▁these ▁disput es ▁include : ▁A ▁running ▁plot line ▁is ▁the ▁appearance ▁of ▁Meg ▁and ▁Ro x anne ▁as ▁d anc ers ▁on ▁American ▁Band stand