TMC
09-27-2024, 07:33 PM
Even if you discount (https://www.quora.com/Has-The-Cosby-Show-aged-well-How-so/answer/Jon-Mixon-1) what we now know about Bill Cosby in real life (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_cases):
The Huxtables are very controlling parents - They essentially tell their children what to do even when that's not what the situation requires.
Cliff (Bill Cosby) had an inordinate interest in his daughter Denise's sex life - Cliff questions her-then husband to determine if she was a virgin when they married. What's even more disturbing, Cliff initiates the conversation, and seems to be very interested in the answer.
The parents are obviously very wealthy (an OB/GYN and a partner in a law firm) yet they demonstrate a level of frugality that borders upon being stingy - From the serious discussion about Theo's $60 Gordon Gartrell shirt, to buying Denise a used vehicle that was from the 1950s for $2000 and then bargaining on the price, the Huxtable parents are rather miserly considering their dual six figure incomes.
An OB/GYN who works out his home, but doesn't have a nurse or any staff - And whose neighbors in a crowded Brooklyn neighborhood have no issues with their neighbor running a business from his home. The series gives Cliff Huxtable a magical job, with no stress, and none of the myriad issues that a doctor in a major urban area would have.
The noticeable lack of racism - I don't care if you are a Black billionaire, much less a New York City baby doctor, racism is an issue in America. The show's decision not to deal with it directly is a cop out, especially since it was supposed to be a chronicle of Black life in a America. Even the series' spin-off A Different World dealt with racism more honestly than its parent program did.
The Huxtables are very controlling parents - They essentially tell their children what to do even when that's not what the situation requires.
Cliff (Bill Cosby) had an inordinate interest in his daughter Denise's sex life - Cliff questions her-then husband to determine if she was a virgin when they married. What's even more disturbing, Cliff initiates the conversation, and seems to be very interested in the answer.
The parents are obviously very wealthy (an OB/GYN and a partner in a law firm) yet they demonstrate a level of frugality that borders upon being stingy - From the serious discussion about Theo's $60 Gordon Gartrell shirt, to buying Denise a used vehicle that was from the 1950s for $2000 and then bargaining on the price, the Huxtable parents are rather miserly considering their dual six figure incomes.
An OB/GYN who works out his home, but doesn't have a nurse or any staff - And whose neighbors in a crowded Brooklyn neighborhood have no issues with their neighbor running a business from his home. The series gives Cliff Huxtable a magical job, with no stress, and none of the myriad issues that a doctor in a major urban area would have.
The noticeable lack of racism - I don't care if you are a Black billionaire, much less a New York City baby doctor, racism is an issue in America. The show's decision not to deal with it directly is a cop out, especially since it was supposed to be a chronicle of Black life in a America. Even the series' spin-off A Different World dealt with racism more honestly than its parent program did.