Someone said that God knew black people were gunna have to go through a lot of shit so he gave them a lifetime of cool. So, I guess that's why black people are funny. Right? All black people. At least, that's what someone in another country would think based on American TV. Oh yeah, and black people are loud. Loud and funny.
Bill Cosby (The Cosby Show), Will Smith (Fresh Prince), The Wayans Brothers (My Wife and Kids and all their other projects), Donald Faison (Turk from Scrubs), Chris Rock (Everybody Love Chris), and the list goes on. All of these men portray funny characters. Are all black people funny? No, most definitely not. But these forms of media focus on the comedy, and they have since the beginning. Sometimes the comedy comes from stereotypes. There really aren't TV shows which feature an all black cast, or that feature a black character as the main character, that aren't comedies.
I love these shows, and when I watch them I don't sit there and think... Well, this is ridiculous. What black family really has one parent who is a doctor and the other who is a lawyer... And I don't think... I can't believe that this show, My Wife and Kids, is portraying black women as being loud, obnoxious and too opinionated. I sit there, watch and laugh. I don't know how to remedy these issues. I think I would rather see people of different races all over the TV then have them not be there at all.
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that is an interesting observation now think of this, black stand up comedians love using racist remarks against themselves and white people
ReplyDeleteWow, never really thought about it like that before. I definitely agree with you about all the funny, black actors. I guess this is why everyone should appreciate guys like Denzel a little more! Even Will Smith is taking on some more serious roles. Pursuit of Happiness and Seven pounds were both two amazing movies. I think he's made a ton of progress since the good old days of Fresh Prince.
ReplyDeleteWhat about people like Isaah Washington, Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. These are just a few examples of talanted black actors from television and movies who play serious and dramatic roles. Of course people like Will Smith and Donald Faison are portrayed as funny. They are on Sit-Coms for god sake. That stands for Situation Comedy. I understand what your saying but you have to look at it from both sides.
ReplyDeleteGrey's Anatomy isn't an all black cast. And Denzel and Morgan are not on TV shows. They are all amazing actors, but that's not my point.
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