TMC
12-15-2019, 05:05 AM
I'll try to be careful when I frame this. I've been reading comments elsewhere online. And some people have formulated a theory that almost every single black girl or woman on the show is quite frankly, portrayed in an extremely negative and/or stereotypical light.
To give you some insight, there's an episode where Andre (the only black character in the main cast) has a cousin who is hired to interrupt the director that screwed the kids over. The character just so happens to be very rude, loud, and violent. The episode culminated in her beating the director on live television.
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In another episode, Andre starts dating a black girl who just so happens to aggressive, mean, and bossy. Andre and Tori decide to exploit their relationship to perform in front of her famous father. The character was hit on the head by a sign and hospitalized, after which Andre smiled. Her own father decided to stay and listen to another performance instead of going to the hospital.
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You can argue that the only black woman to appear on Victorious that wasn't based completely on stereotypes, was Andre's grandmother (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victorious_characters#Andre's_grandmother). However, she's still clinically insane (they always had her screaming and acting like she didn't know where she was), at times violent, and used only for comedic effect. Even Helen (https://victorious.fandom.com/wiki/Helen_Dubois) from Drake & Josh you can argue, fit the stereotype of being a black woman who was very sassy and bossy (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassyBlackWoman).
Heck, even the black nurse from when Robbie was in the hospital (https://victorious.fandom.com/wiki/Tori_Gets_Stuck) was loud and aggressive.
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Maybe I'm reading way too into things here, but bare in mind that it's debatable that Victorious was also a classist show. For instance, there was a constant reference to the "Ridgemount Girls" who went to another school in a lower-income area. Those girls were portrayed as nasty.
To give you some insight, there's an episode where Andre (the only black character in the main cast) has a cousin who is hired to interrupt the director that screwed the kids over. The character just so happens to be very rude, loud, and violent. The episode culminated in her beating the director on live television.
Bb4qD4e2SjU
In another episode, Andre starts dating a black girl who just so happens to aggressive, mean, and bossy. Andre and Tori decide to exploit their relationship to perform in front of her famous father. The character was hit on the head by a sign and hospitalized, after which Andre smiled. Her own father decided to stay and listen to another performance instead of going to the hospital.
nwwfQ6thx7w
(Skip to 1:48)
You can argue that the only black woman to appear on Victorious that wasn't based completely on stereotypes, was Andre's grandmother (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victorious_characters#Andre's_grandmother). However, she's still clinically insane (they always had her screaming and acting like she didn't know where she was), at times violent, and used only for comedic effect. Even Helen (https://victorious.fandom.com/wiki/Helen_Dubois) from Drake & Josh you can argue, fit the stereotype of being a black woman who was very sassy and bossy (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SassyBlackWoman).
Heck, even the black nurse from when Robbie was in the hospital (https://victorious.fandom.com/wiki/Tori_Gets_Stuck) was loud and aggressive.
D2y4oT7TFe4
Maybe I'm reading way too into things here, but bare in mind that it's debatable that Victorious was also a classist show. For instance, there was a constant reference to the "Ridgemount Girls" who went to another school in a lower-income area. Those girls were portrayed as nasty.