View Full Version : Time's Magazine Criticism of the J.J character in 1978


TVFactFan
09-12-2007, 10:27 PM
From the Article-"Blacks on TV" A Disturbing Image
Writer, Lance Murrow description of J.J. below

"A bug-eyed young comic of the ghetto with spasms of supercool blowing through his nervous system, a kind of ElectraGlide strut.. J.J was cut from the same pattern as George "KingFish" Stevens decades earlier. His stock phrase, "Dynomite" was reminiscent of the Kingfish's "Holy Mack" heard so often on Amos and Andy. J.J also displayed his large white eyeballs and tooth-filled Cheshire cat grin. A womanizer, unintelligent, and always wise-cracking or mugging for a laugh.

March 27, 1978, Time Magazine




WOW,-LOL

Ireneparalegal
09-14-2007, 05:11 PM
Damn, that sounds horrible the way he described the character of J.J. :rofl: That's crazy.

TVFactFan
09-14-2007, 05:24 PM
Damn, that sounds horrible the way he described the character of J.J. :rofl: That's crazy.


He chopped him up good didn't he?-lol He said means things about George Jefferson too

Ireneparalegal
09-14-2007, 05:37 PM
He chopped him up good didn't he?-lol He said means things about George Jefferson too
Do you know if the guy is white? :crazy: That sounds awful. I mean, so be it, J.J. is not the best looking man on the planet, but he made him out like he is some creature. :eek:

TVFactFan
09-14-2007, 05:39 PM
Do you know if the guy is white? :crazy: That sounds awful. I mean, so be it, J.J. is not the best looking man on the planet, but he made him out like he is some creature. :eek:


He was black

Ireneparalegal
09-14-2007, 05:45 PM
He was black
:faint: That is soooo wrong. I think he is just jealous. ;) :lol:

TVFactFan
09-14-2007, 05:47 PM
:faint: That is soooo wrong. I think he is just jealous. ;) :lol:


Well the title of the Article was-"Disturbing Black Images on TV"

LOL