A "Latino" version of One Day At A Time?

[um]

See the link way below.
It appears that One Day At A Time is going to be recreated using a Latino family.

Of course I have not seen it yet. I probably won't since I hardly watch regular TV anymore.
Still as far as the very idea, I think that the whole thing is absurd and unnecessary no matter how well this endeavor may be done (the acting and comedy might be considered to be very good, the actors may be well selected and effective, the plots may be clever etc etc) .

I mean, why pick Latinos instead of a different ethnic group?
Why not make a version using a Chinese family?
Why not make a version using an Arab family?
What about a Native American family?
The legendary Rita Moreno plays a Cuban mother and grandmother.
Why not pick a Cuban actor since Rita Moreno is not Cuban?
If a white actor was picked to portray a Cuban, there would be an uproar about how real Cuban actors need the job and some other race or ethnic group is being given favoritism ( etc etc).

Those can be said to be the smaller issues about it.

Rehashes of old , classic TV shows have been made before. Usually they just don't cut the mustard. It is always a lame attempt.
It is often said that such rehashes are for the purpose of introducing a new audience to golden TV shows of the past, and to present certain classic characters within the context of the present world and within contemporary situations. I guess then new versions of old TV shows will always be done when there is some influential TV producer, or broadcast company, or production big wig behind it.

I recall being a teen when the original One Day At A Time first aired. Back then it seemed to be nothing special since I had watched Maude, All In The Family, and various other TV shows that, at the time, were presenting political views and modern day situations as TV had never done before. Such programs were half a decade old then. They were either created by Norman Lear, or certain other producers who tried to be like Norman Lear. In Wikipedia, it is stated that the TV sitcom, "The Super" featuring Richard S. Castellano was intentionally meant to duplicate All In The Family and its blue collar family setting.

One Day At A Time debuted in 1975 and seemed to be only another TV show of the type that presents a more modern family, particularly in regard to a female who does not have a husband and does not have a June Cleaver lifestyle. Even back then it seemed to me that it was not really a new concept totally. It even seemed that these type of TV sitcoms were being churned out one after the other and they may not have been exactly alike but they were meant to sensationalize controversies of the day and thus attaining viewership because of controversy. One Day At A Time even seemed to be trash TV at least in a way. It relied on two young female characters so as to attract a young audience. I am only a few months younger than Valerie Bertinelli. She was presented as someone even a bit younger than her actual age.
Of course, now that the 1970s are at least three decades in the past, there is a certain tendency to make comparisons and realize that those 1970s TV shows did have an originality and brightness to them.

Still, I think that the word "groundbreaking" has too-often been used, and is being over used in a retrospective way, to describe shows that actually were following an old recipe. After all, back in the 60s, there was a TV show about a single mom called "Julia."

Furthermore single parents have been presented in TV shows before, ironically single male parents such as in The Rifleman, and The Courtship of Eddie's Father, and The Andy Griffith Show and Flipper.

However, if the new version of One Day At A Time lasts longer than one season, I would be surprised. If it goes on to last several years, I think it will be a situation in which new regular characters are suddenly being brought into the household or the neighborhood because the show had already Jumped The Shark a while back.

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/06/508587...-day-at-a-time

[um]

Yes, and wouldn't it be abysmally absurd if a Latino version of Gilligan's Island were done? What about the Brady Bunch?

Of course, the setup of the characters and their lives in One Day At A Time allows for some kind of social and political commentary to be made through a sitcom, but the new version still has elements of cheap sensationalism.

[Torgo]

Originally Posted by um

Yes, and wouldn't it be abysmally absurd if a Latino version of Gilligan's Island were done? What about the Brady Bunch?

Of course, the setup of the characters and their lives in One Day At A Time allows for some kind of social and political commentary to be made through a sitcom, but the new version still has elements of cheap sensationalism.

Well, Sanford and Son is a black version of a white Bristish sitcom, so really, this is nothing new.

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by um

Yes, and wouldn't it be abysmally absurd if a Latino version of Gilligan's Island were done?

It's been done. It's called Cuba.

Castro was Mr. Howell.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Babalu

It's been done. It's called Cuba.

Castro was Mr. Howell.

Oh Babalu!!! I love your sense of humor!

[JT]

http://www.awardsdaily.com/2017/01/1...ett-interview/

I chose that because I’m Cuban. It was a pretty easy choice made when my father made sweet sweet love to my mother. My parents came here in 1962, and they didn’t know any English. They learned it all from watching TV ironically. It’s crazy to them that I now write for TV. It was a great opportunity to write this love letter to my family.