Tommy Davidson: The Proud Family reboot is in the works for Disney+ - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 08-20-2019, 08:17 PM

https://www.vibe.com/2019/08/proud-family-disney-reboot

Disney has yet to confirm a reboot of the 2001-2005 Disney Channel animated family comedy. But Davidson, who voiced overprotective father Oscar Proud, said in a recent red carpet interview with WhereistheBuzz that a revival is happening.

TMC · 02-26-2022, 09:14 PM

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is too focused on winning over new, younger fans

"While The Proud Family aimed its humor at us, Louder and Prouder could care less about the OG fans," says Nadira Goffe. "Instead, this seemingly nostalgia-baiting revamp is concerned with attracting today’s kids, their older siblings be damned." Goffe adds: "So Louder and Prouder is not for us—and that’s good! But the 'us' that loved it doesn’t just include people of a certain age, but people steeped specifically in Black culture; Omarion’s guest spot wasn’t trying to please white Disney Channel viewers, and it’s why The Proud Family remains one of the best-remembered examples of modern Black media. Which is why my real fear with The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is not that it aims at today’s current kids instead of us ex-youths from yesteryear. The bigger concern I have is that the show seems to abandon many things that made it special, no matter how old you are. The Proud Family is the rare TV show, animated or other, that stars a cast of Black teens of all different shades and family makeups in which their race is a crucial part of who they are, but not the entirety of their identity. That was true 20 years ago and remains true now, unfortunately. While the TV industry has diversified in many ways—the fact that Michael is now openly queer is one big example of how—Disney appears to have misunderstood The Proud Family’s innate Blackness to the detriment of its reboot." ALSO: The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is the perfect show about puberty.

TMC · 04-19-2022, 05:57 AM

Disney+ renews The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder for Season 2

The Proud Family spinoff series has been picked up for a second season ahead of the first season finale on Wednesday.

08-20-2019, 08:17 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	Tommy Davidson: The Proud Family reboot is in the works for Disney+ https://www.vibe.com/2019/08/proud-family-disney-reboot Disney has yet to confirm a reboot of the 2001-2005 Disney Channel animated family comedy. But Davidson, who voiced overprotective father Oscar Proud, said in a recent red carpet interview with WhereistheBuzz that a revival is happening.

02-26-2022, 09:14 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is too focused on winning over new, younger fans "While The Proud Family aimed its humor at us, Louder and Prouder could care less about the OG fans," says Nadira Goffe. "Instead, this seemingly nostalgia-baiting revamp is concerned with attracting today’s kids, their older siblings be damned." Goffe adds: "So Louder and Prouder is not for us—and that’s good! But the 'us' that loved it doesn’t just include people of a certain age, but people steeped specifically in Black culture; Omarion’s guest spot wasn’t trying to please white Disney Channel viewers, and it’s why The Proud Family remains one of the best-remembered examples of modern Black media. Which is why my real fear with The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is not that it aims at today’s current kids instead of us ex-youths from yesteryear. The bigger concern I have is that the show seems to abandon many things that made it special, no matter how old you are. The Proud Family is the rare TV show, animated or other, that stars a cast of Black teens of all different shades and family makeups in which their race is a crucial part of who they are, but not the entirety of their identity. That was true 20 years ago and remains true now, unfortunately. While the TV industry has diversified in many ways—the fact that Michael is now openly queer is one big example of how—Disney appears to have misunderstood The Proud Family’s innate Blackness to the detriment of its reboot." ALSO: The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is the perfect show about puberty.

04-19-2022, 05:57 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,453	Disney+ renews The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder for Season 2 The Proud Family spinoff series has been picked up for a second season ahead of the first season finale on Wednesday.