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studd911 · 11-29-2005, 02:47 PM

Hello i have one question, when good times first hit the arwaves in 1974, did it take allot of heat from the black comunnity for portraying a black family living in the ghetto an never getting a break

JeffRuss1972 · 11-29-2005, 08:04 PM

I think at FIRST it actually got really good reviews because it was showing a stable (intact) black family with good values AND a mother and a father raising their children. After John Amos (James) was killed off, it was another story. Of course, Norman Lear wanted it to be a single mother from the start. It was Esther Rolle (Florida) who INSISTED a father be on the show.

11-29-2005, 02:47 PM	#1
studd911 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 21, 2004 Posts: 1,285	was Good Times ever critized when it came out in 1974 Hello i have one question, when good times first hit the arwaves in 1974, did it take allot of heat from the black comunnity for portraying a black family living in the ghetto an never getting a break

11-29-2005, 08:04 PM	#2
JeffRuss1972 70s Sitcoms Rule!!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Villa Rica, GA Posts: 1,257	I think at FIRST it actually got really good reviews because it was showing a stable (intact) black family with good values AND a mother and a father raising their children. After John Amos (James) was killed off, it was another story. Of course, Norman Lear wanted it to be a single mother from the start. It was Esther Rolle (Florida) who INSISTED a father be on the show.
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