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Started by Junkenstein, February 18, 2014, 10:23:24 AM

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Sita

#15
February 18, 2014, 09:59:28 PM
Oh god how disappointed my husband and I were about that vikings show. We were expecting a depiction of how vikings lived and ended up with something that wants to be game of thrones (from what I've heard, never watched it or read the books) and not as good.
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hooplala

#16
February 19, 2014, 03:19:26 PM
I watched the first episode of Good Times about a week ago... for a show which was supposed to be wicked progressive for its time it came across as pretty damned racist.
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Suu

#17
February 19, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Same with All In The Family.
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#18
February 19, 2014, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 19, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Same with All In The Family.

WTF?  All in the family is fairly progressive by TODAY'S standards.
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#19
February 19, 2014, 05:25:33 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 19, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Same with All In The Family.

WTF?  All in the family is fairly progressive by TODAY'S standards.

Yeah, I feel like that's one that has really stood the test of time. Archie is a racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic caricature, and all the other characters are 3-dimensional humans trying to work around this unreasonable patriarchal fixture.
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#20
February 19, 2014, 05:30:28 PM
IOW, progressive because we're meant to laugh AT the racist, sexist, antisemitic homophobe, not WITH him.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#21
February 19, 2014, 05:33:07 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Volvulus Skin Sacs on February 19, 2014, 05:25:33 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on February 19, 2014, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: The Suu on February 19, 2014, 03:59:43 PM
Same with All In The Family.

WTF?  All in the family is fairly progressive by TODAY'S standards.

Yeah, I feel like that's one that has really stood the test of time. Archie is a racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic caricature, and all the other characters are 3-dimensional humans trying to work around this unreasonable patriarchal fixture.

Precisely.  He made even apologist bigots look oafish, uncultured, and stupid.  Carrol O'Connor perfectly aped the "willfully ignorant American", to the point where it became very, very unfashionable to be one.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#22
February 19, 2014, 09:56:12 PM
Yeah, AITF is STILL GOOD.

Can't say the same for Good Times. JJ.  :x :x :x
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