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TV 10: Blacklisted Sons: The Musical

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St. Clown said:
i thought it did all right, but not by any means great. It feels like a modernized Cosby Show, only instead of being subdued in showing a strong black family in America today, they're shouting it from the rooftops.
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IIRC, the Cosby show was a regular family that just happened to be black. In blackish, it seems like they are flat out using the internal conflict of "am I a person who is black, or am I a black person?" as the source of much of the humor.

I thought the "bro mitzvah" party was pretty funny....and the first slideshow for the LA tourism board was pretty good too.
 
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FreshFish said:
IIRC, the Cosby show was a regular family that just happened to be black. In blackish, it seems like they are flat out using the internal conflict of "am I a person who is black, or am I a black person?" as the source of much of the humor.

I thought the "bro mitzvah" party was pretty funny....and the first slideshow for the LA tourism board was pretty good too.
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With Cosby, Bill has stated that part of the intent to his series was to show a strong black family but not focus specifically on it being black so that everyone could relate. That's why they didn't focus on racism the family might have faced and instead focused on a family coming together and acting the way families do. He wanted to create that positive image not only for other black families to emulate but to also display to others that black people have normal families, too.

With Black-ish, I think you're going to see Fishbourne's character fill that role to some degree. His character will discuss the issues unlike Cosby ever did, but then offer some folksy wisdom with how to overcome those issues and impart as life lessons to Anderson's character. It's the brashness of a young, successful man who's left behind many of the trappings of poverty, but unsure of how he fits into his new paler environment without losing his sense of identity, needing that guidance of his father.
 
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St. Clown said:
With Cosby, Bill has stated that part of the intent to his series was to show a strong black family but not focus specifically on it being black so that everyone could relate. That's why they didn't focus on racism the family might have faced and instead focused on a family coming together and acting the way families do. He wanted to create that positive image not only for other black families to emulate but to also display to others that black people have normal families, too.

With Black-ish, I think you're going to see Fishbourne's character fill that role to some degree. His character will discuss the issues unlike Cosby ever did, but then offer some folksy wisdom with how to overcome those issues and impart as life lessons to Anderson's character. It's the brashness of a young, successful man who's left behind many of the trappings of poverty, but unsure of how he fits into his new paler environment without losing his sense of identity, needing that guidance of his father.
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I am reminded of two different comedians.

One, whose name I do not know, was on a Comedy Central stand-up show back in 2003 or so. "When I saw the twin towers fall, that was the first time in my life that I felt like an American instead of a black man in America."

The other was Chris Rock, and this quote probably belongs in the "Weaving the Strands" thread. This is probably circa 2006. "Black people don't understand the difference between 'being rich' and 'having wealth.' Shaquille O'Neal is rich. The man who signs his paycheck has wealth."
 
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There's something very wrong when a loser like The Sitch can be making millions.
 
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FreshFish said:
"Black people don't understand the difference between 'being rich' and 'having wealth.' Shaquille O'Neal is rich. The man who signs his paycheck has wealth."
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That's an accurate quote from his routine if you take out the first word and then insert 'White' between 'The' and 'man.'
 
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Scrolling through AV Club comments about the Twilight Zone and came across this:

There was a short story, even creepier than "The Lonely", years ago about a man stuck alone on an island for years who started fantasizing about a woman being washed ashore. He and his imaginary lover lived an idyllic life until they got on each others nerves and he strangled her to death and hid the body. Later when he was found .... Well, no spoilers here, but when they made it for TV they cleaned up the ending.
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Unfortunately the guy can't remember the name. Has anyone heard of this? It's driving me crazy.
 
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You know what was really terrible this weekend? Saturday Night Live. How in the fark is it still on the air?
 
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Saw the pilot of Forever. Not bad at all. Charming lead; OK boob interest; fairly decent writing.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
The Family Guy / Simpsons crossover episode was terrible.
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I wouldn't say that. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. The show had me chuckling a few times, but there wasn't anything gut busting about it.
 
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Kepler said:
Saw the pilot of Forever. Not bad at all. Charming lead; OK boob interest; fairly decent writing.
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I'm giving it a try. A while ago I came to accept that cop and medical drama shows were here to stay, so it's fun when someone comes up with a good twist on the old concept without making things overly contrived in terms of character interactions and make things entertaining. As for Forever's pilot goes, it met the criteria.
 
St. Clown said:
I wouldn't say that. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible. The show had me chuckling a few times, but there wasn't anything gut busting about it.
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The entire rehash of chicken fight the last 10 minutes of the show really ruined it.

I found the bobs burger/Cleveland show joke funny though.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
The entire rehash of chicken fight the last 10 minutes of the show really ruined it.

I found the bobs burger/Cleveland show joke funny though.
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Yeah, I've never liked the chicken fight sequences, they've always been too far drawn out. And while the Simpsons is far from holding the line on keeping with reality, those fight scenes blow right past them when one character or the other should've died some five minutes prior. Although, within that fight, the bit with flying over Springfield Gorge and Peter being hopeful they were going to clear the gorge was a great call-back, well executed.
 
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Also I'm pretty sure Homer goes to talk to Peter at the end next to his car on the street, not in a driveway. Yet the last line between them Peter tells Homer he's parked behind him.

Continuity fail in cartoons?
 
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