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Slate: ‘Friends’ reruns no longer politically correct
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Posted on 01/26/2015 1:32:52 PM PST by GulliverSwift

File this under “the one where Friends fail to fits in with ‘modern gender politics'”.

By the standards of circa-2015 political correctness, does the long-running sitcom pass the test? The show that brought a huge young audience to NBC’s primetime lineup in the 1990s was apparently a hotbed of anti-gay, misogynistic antics and all-around bigotry.

That’s according to the historical revisionists over at Slate, where Ruth Graham has been taking notes while binge-watching reruns on Netflix. Could it be the next Amos ‘n Andy?

Isn’t the problem obvious? In the 1990s, PC extremism was still confined to college campuses, while a primitive, bitter-clinging America at-large had yet to be indoctrinated.

From her sofa, Graham has found appalling examples of behavior that “wouldn’t play” in 2015, finding some that come across as “painfully CBS”. Ouch!

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: censorship; tv
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To: Tax-chick

I see there’s a thread title for that under Aricles, which I didn’t see...so I’ll take further comments there....but yes...it is very good!


101 posted on 01/27/2015 5:14:32 AM PST by caww
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To: Tax-chick

I can go with cute. She has a definite comedic talent...I enjoyed her with Matthew Broderick in “Election.”


102 posted on 01/27/2015 7:25:50 AM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: CatherineofAragon

I liked “Legally Blonde.” I understand there’s a musical of it; I heard a song on the Sirius Broadway channel.


103 posted on 01/27/2015 8:33:04 AM PST by Tax-chick ("It's always a longer trip when you defy God." ~ Msgr. Charles Pope)
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To: CatherineofAragon
I think Jennifer cleans up okay.

As for Julia Roberts...shouldn't that mouth have a hook in it?

104 posted on 01/27/2015 12:13:54 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Wasn’t that the SAG awards?


105 posted on 01/27/2015 12:18:20 PM PST by gogeo (If you are Tea Party, the eGOP does not want you.)
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To: gogeo

Yes it was but hers were not SAG ing : )
That is her claim to fame. She is perky.


106 posted on 01/27/2015 1:59:59 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: gogeo

LOL


107 posted on 01/27/2015 5:28:57 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: kearnyirish2

Very liberal for its time period (90s-2000s). Now it’s considered tame compared to the shows popular today.


108 posted on 01/27/2015 5:42:05 PM PST by Twink
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To: Hugin

I think so too. She’s the “girl next door” type.


109 posted on 01/27/2015 5:46:22 PM PST by Twink
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To: Twink

“Friends” was only missing the token black, and added one in the last season; otherwise it was the ultimate in PC.


110 posted on 01/28/2015 1:52:21 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative aiction s economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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