TVFactFan
03-20-2011, 09:46 PM
There were several complaints about the Jeffersons characters not being realistic and her response was
"It's about time people see us on the other side of down and out in the ghetto. We have a good number of affluent Blacks. This is real life."
Was this a shot at the show.....Good Times?-lol
Sept 30, 1976 Jet Magazine
Brian Damage
03-20-2011, 10:08 PM
There were several complaints about the Jeffersons characters not being realistic and her response was
"It's about time people see us on the other side of down and out in the ghetto. We have a good number of affluent Blacks. This is real life."
Was this a shot at the show.....Good Times?-lol
Sept 30, 1976 Jet Magazine
Sounds like it lol
But to be honest aside from Florence and Tom Willis, all the characters seemed real to me.
TVFactFan
03-20-2011, 10:23 PM
Sounds like it lol
But to be honest aside from Florence and Tom Willis, all the characters seemed real to me.
It was said that Florence was the only realistic character on there-lol
Brian Damage
03-20-2011, 10:29 PM
It was said that Florence was the only realistic character on there-lol
I disagree with that 100%
ThomasE
05-01-2011, 10:05 PM
I disagree with that 100%
I don't think that Ms. Sanford was necessarily taking a shot at Good Times. It was more defending the show and there is some validity to what she said.
TVFactFan
05-01-2011, 10:12 PM
I don't think that Ms. Sanford was necessarily taking a shot at Good Times. It was more defending the show and there is some validity to what she said.
He is disagreeing with Florence being the only realiastic character on the show. I remember reading that in a 1982 TV guide
ThomasE
05-01-2011, 10:30 PM
He is disagreeing with Florence being the only realiastic character on the show. I remember reading that in a 1982 TV guide
I know he is. I hit the "reply" button from his comment by accident.
lucyandethel
08-19-2011, 01:51 AM
When we insist that sitcoms be "realistic" then we misunderstand the purpose of a sitcom. After all, was anything farther from "real" than Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters or The Beverly Hillbillies? Who cared? They made us laugh.....
TVFactFan
08-19-2011, 02:05 AM
When we insist that sitcoms be "realistic" then we misunderstand the purpose of a sitcom. After all, was anything farther from "real" than Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters or The Beverly Hillbillies? Who cared? They made us laugh.....
I agree, but I think that's why the show is not popular with black people because a lot of black people doesn't think the show is realistic and can't relate to it. I couldn't relate to it either but i still enjoyed watching it.
USATVFAN
08-23-2011, 09:31 AM
There were several complaints about the Jeffersons characters not being realistic and her response was
"It's about time people see us on the other side of down and out in the ghetto. We have a good number of affluent Blacks. This is real life."
Was this a shot at the show.....Good Times?-lol
Sept 30, 1976 Jet Magazine
Here the Magazine:
http://books.google.com/books?id=xtMDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA114&dq=Isabel+Sanford&hl=en&ei=katTTvimGsGtsALM4JGhBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Isabel%20Sanford&f=false
cleverfun3000
08-23-2011, 09:39 AM
It was said that Florence was the only realistic character on there-lol
It would seem that you are saying out-spoken rude and loud black women are the norm. Just saying.....that what that statement you made sounds like.
TVFactFan
08-23-2011, 03:23 PM
It would seem that you are saying out-spoken rude and loud black women are the norm. Just saying.....that what that statement you made sounds like.
During that time, most black people could only relate to florence on the show because you didn't see tv shows with black people living in a high rise condo