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07-05-2017, 08:07 PM
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Jimmie Walker of "Good Times" fame, appeared on CNN and, as you’d expect, he had a few other things to say – specifically, this time around, he said that TV shows featuring black families today, have to be upper or middle class, because the "black community" won’t accept any other depictions of black families in this country; certainly not the working class family he was a part of in "Good Times."
‘You’ll never see a poor, black family on TV again," he said to host Ashleigh Banfield, arguing that the backlash shows like "Good Times" faced from the so-called "black community" when it was on, all-but assured that.
He also added that TV shows (comedies notably) today are even more segregated than they were when he was a prominent primetime TV fixture, and because of that segregation, there is even less of an opportunity for comedians to crossover, and enjoy mainstream success, as opposed to decades ago, when, as he suggests, there weren’t any "black shows" or "white shows," or "black comedians" and "white comedians," and, essentially, if you were funny, or if the show was funny, your/its success was universal.
Jimmie Walker of "Good Times" fame, appeared on CNN and, as you’d expect, he had a few other things to say – specifically, this time around, he said that TV shows featuring black families today, have to be upper or middle class, because the "black community" won’t accept any other depictions of black families in this country; certainly not the working class family he was a part of in "Good Times."
‘You’ll never see a poor, black family on TV again," he said to host Ashleigh Banfield, arguing that the backlash shows like "Good Times" faced from the so-called "black community" when it was on, all-but assured that.
He also added that TV shows (comedies notably) today are even more segregated than they were when he was a prominent primetime TV fixture, and because of that segregation, there is even less of an opportunity for comedians to crossover, and enjoy mainstream success, as opposed to decades ago, when, as he suggests, there weren’t any "black shows" or "white shows," or "black comedians" and "white comedians," and, essentially, if you were funny, or if the show was funny, your/its success was universal.