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The new Netflix reboot of “Good Times” is, for good reason, being roundly criticized for trafficking in Black stereotypes and serving as more of a spoof of the classic 1970s TV series than a tribute to the original show, which was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and produced by Norman Lear. There were certainly tricky issues around the representation of Black characters in the original series, which premiered in 1974, especially around the elder Evans son, J.J. (played by comedian Jimmie...
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The animated, Seth MacFarlane-produced return for the much-loved sitcom relies on lazy poverty porn and stereotypes, a misunderstanding of what fans want and expectThe Good Times reboot opens in the Chicago projects with its next-gen patriarch in the shower naked duetting the original theme song with a roach on the window sill. Dy-no-mite, this is not.We may well now have the official cause of death for Norman Lear, the god-like sitcom producer who brought Good Times – a spinoff of a spinoff of...
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