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!
(Excerpt) Read more at mediaequalizer.com ...
NOTHING is EVER good enough for the whiners.
Perfect example is blacks in TV. Usually the sitcoms.
Show them poor and living in Section 8, like GOOD TIMES, they scream. “TOO STEREOTYPICAL!!!!”
Show them well-off solid family in top professions - COSBY SHOW (apologies for any BC problems today) - they scream. “UNREALISTIC! DOESN’T SHOW HOW DOWNTRODDEN WE ARE!”
ROFL.
Glad there is one that is “realistic”. ;-)
Absolutely! I've had a lot of stress lately, and sometimes put something on Netflix to relax before falling asleep (it's healthier than drinking...). I recycled some Cheers episodes during this time, and they are great. What guy hasn't known a Lilith? The episode where Cliff explains how beer makes you smarter was great.
Amazing.
I drive them to lesbianism....
...he brings them back!!!
Key phrase is “SOME hysterical moments”.
Cheers was OK. Overrated.
Reese Witherspoon has that chin, too.
“Still, Jennifer is like the kind of pretty girl next door that every guy in America had a crush on growing up in high school and felt lucky to take to the prom. Imperfections and all.”
Absolutely agree. I have no idea what she’s like for real, but this is the persona that I saw too.
Best series from the 80's was "Taxi"; best episode was the one where Jim was taking his written driver's exam.
Jim [whispering]:"What does a yellow light mean?"
Group [whispers back]:"Slow down"
Jim: [whispers]:"What....does....a....yelllow....light....mean?"
Group [exasperated]:"Slow down!"
Jim:[whispers]:"Whaaaaat......doeeessss....aaaaa....yelllloooow....liiiight....meeaaannn?"
She gives Joey a pass and comes down hard on Chandler -- a sign that maybe it's not all about political correctness with her.
Indeed, slamming Chandler for wimpiness doesn't look terribly PC, whatever she says about Chandler's dad-mom.
The show wasn't that great when it was on. Maybe its flaws have caught up to it over the years.
LOL! ‘Tis true.
I never saw the appeal in Roberts either, but she does seem to get better with age. I don’t think it’s surgery either. I know a guy who met her, he said that in real life, she is a stunner.
Be you ever so PC, you can never be PC enough.
Thurston Howell III: Gentlemen. I am Thurston Howell III and this of course is my wife, Mrs. Thurston Howell III.
Mrs. Lovey Howell: Charmed.
Igor: Capitalist! Exploiter!
Thurston Howell III: Capitalist. Exploiter. I was wrong Lovey. They're very friendly!
She does. Is she another great beauty?
“How the hell could anyone hate “Cheers”?”
Well, let’s see;
Obnoxious, unfunny lead character, Ted Danson.
Even more obnoxious Woody Harrelson
Incredibly obnoxious female lead, who I told my friends who thought she was hot, that she would become obese,,,and she sure did.
Couple funny minor characters.
That’s it! I thought the show sucked!
“Friends” was one of the most liberal shows created; of the various pairings and parents, not one child featured is born within a natural nuclear family (to a married couple that are the biological parents).
Freak show for liberal atheist whites to use as a primer...
Dang.. is that her real nose?
She needs more flair. That guy Bryan has thirty-seven pieces of flair, and a GREAT smile!
One of my fave Cheers episodes is the one where Cliff was on Jeopardy!
“Who are three people who’ve never been in my kitchen?”
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