Race and racism are different things. Seeing a culture and hating a culture are different things.
Black-ish
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Race and racism are different things. Seeing a culture and hating a culture are different things.
I've seen the first two now and apart from some scenes in the pilot nothing seems black-ish to me at all.
Family dad tries to handle his family and daily life.. his son is masturbating and the dad's freaking out. The mom has been raised by hippies and screws up listening to her daughter's problems.
At one point the dad even finds an old baseball glove... that doesn't scream black much.
I wonder what the point is.. as far as i've read the show was billed as suburban black dad wants to inject more black culture into his family because he feels they moved away too far from their roots.
So far i'm seeing little of this and much more of every family sitcom i've ever seen just with an all black cast.
And it's not even terribly funny to be honest.. i belive i'll give it a rest.
Family dad tries to handle his family and daily life.. his son is masturbating and the dad's freaking out. The mom has been raised by hippies and screws up listening to her daughter's problems.
At one point the dad even finds an old baseball glove... that doesn't scream black much.
I wonder what the point is.. as far as i've read the show was billed as suburban black dad wants to inject more black culture into his family because he feels they moved away too far from their roots.
So far i'm seeing little of this and much more of every family sitcom i've ever seen just with an all black cast.
And it's not even terribly funny to be honest.. i belive i'll give it a rest.
That's OK, though. They're going to have to switch it up or it'll get stale fast. I am glad they have been picked up for a full season.
Yeah, as probably aforementioned, I'm hoping there are some story arcs or new ideas to keep the show fresh.
(Sidenote: I actually had an idea for a spec screenplay, which came to me while drifting in and out of sleep this early morning.(Pacific Time!) And, based on what I've seen with the son, I assume my general idea will be seen within this season. If not, it may not hurt since my spec is just showing my writing ability).
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It's hard to run 22 episode seasons of a show and have every single episode deal directly with the main premise. I'm sure they'll also develop all the individual characters in their own ways.
The show did the absolute best episode about spanking your children since the show Good Times. While Good Times wove spanking throughout the show, this one show hit it head on and in the best, humorous way possible.
^Yeah, this episode took a controversial topic and squeezed a lot of genuine comedy out of it. After this episode and last week's topic of mother/father sliding scales, black-ish is hitting the ground running, proving to be a funny and substantial series right out of the gate.
The writing on this show is smart and refreshing; let's hope the network doesn't try to fix this problem too soon.
The writing on this show is smart and refreshing; let's hope the network doesn't try to fix this problem too soon.
With all this talk of a Static Shock web series, I nominate the oldest son from black-ish as a prime candidate for the role. He's sort of playing the Virgil Hawkins character already (awkward, nerdy, etc.); all he needs is a costume, superpowers, and a metal garbage can lid or manhole cover.
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I've only seen the pilot, so I don't know if I know enough about the show to really decide if I like it or not.
Re: Anthony Anderson: I've enjoyed his work since I first saw him on the old TNBC show Hang Time on Saturday mornings with my siblings in the '90s.
Really though he's grown tremendously as an actor since then. He gives a particularly exceptional performance during season four of The Shield as Antwon Mitchell, which was where I first learned to take him seriously... and how! Between facing off with Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey, that was also the year Glenn Close starred as Captain Monica Rawling. Whoever was cast as the villain that season would have had to brought their A-game. Anderson did and it was a superb year of the show.
Re: Anthony Anderson: I've enjoyed his work since I first saw him on the old TNBC show Hang Time on Saturday mornings with my siblings in the '90s.
Really though he's grown tremendously as an actor since then. He gives a particularly exceptional performance during season four of The Shield as Antwon Mitchell, which was where I first learned to take him seriously... and how! Between facing off with Michael Chiklis as Vic Mackey, that was also the year Glenn Close starred as Captain Monica Rawling. Whoever was cast as the villain that season would have had to brought their A-game. Anderson did and it was a superb year of the show.
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