Do y'all agree with this statement about current Black TV shows?

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I dont disagree with what got us here, im just saying we are here now.

I, for one, dont like the overly done black stereotypes u see in reality tv. Oddly enough, some of the most profitable"black" tv shows are reality.

I bet you can film 20 seasons of love and hip hop for the cost of 1 season of Westworld

To be fair The Get Down ranks as Netflix’s most expensive show in the company’s history. Episodes ran in excess to like 18 mil an episode. They couldn’t afford to keep it going past the 2nd season

I hear what you’re saying though

 

[Budda]

I think Martin, The Wayans Brothers, The Jamie Foxx Show, and Living Single. I don't remember hearing any white people talking about it when they were airing and even today.

Even Steve Harvey show.

 

[wavycam]

When white people discovered Martin and would randomly yell out “Damn Gina” I’d wish I could disappear man it sucked

 

[Premeditated]

I've said this time and time.

these shows just aren't as authentic as the ones I grew up watching

 

[Blessings]

"a bisexual Haitian with things to say" w/ her cash app link smh

 

[daboywonder2002]

Unless you have strict attention to detail. But I never looked to see what kind of hair grease the cosby kids were using

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

A lot of Black ppl that like these shows only like them because it shows a successful Black family dynamic, and they are worried at how Black ppl are viewed on tv by white ppl.

The black producers, directors and writers on these shows tend to overcompensate on the politics (survivor's guilt for their massive paychecks from the white corporations who fund them like ABC and Netflix).

The jokes and natural storytelling takes a backseat to making a "statement."

Sanford and Son and Martin didn't have the pressure to replace the duties of the NAACP like these current show try to do.

 

[mykey]

Most black shows are made with white people in mind. shyt sad.

Desmond's at 30: 'I wrote it for white people'

 

[Buckeye Fever]

The black producers, directors and writers on these shows tend to overcompensate on the politics (survivor's guilt for their massive paychecks from the white corporations who fund them like ABC and Netflix).

The jokes and natural storytelling takes a backseat to making a "statement."

Sanford and Son and Martin didn't have the pressure to replace the duties of the NAACP like these current show try to do.

This is the best explanation and 100% on point

 

[Yinny]

The tweeter is a Haitian who came to the US in 2003.

Black shows today are far fewer in number and revolve around “Black” experiences and thinking with a capital B instead of having mainly/only Black casts. There’s also a class difference stressed from then and now.

 

[BlackAchilles]

It's blackness cut up, seasoned and cooked for the tastes of white people.

So not seasoned at all then

 

[Ziggiy]

Good black tv is GOOD black tv.


I’d rather there be something discussing topics that affect us as a culture and a diaspora than nothing at all.

 

[ColdSlither]

It goes back to the"do you wash your chicken" question

Alotta Islanders (and by proxy East Coasters) think vinegar, lime, and/or lemon juice cleans bacteria off of their meat. It doesn't.

I thought that was some Caribbean shyt to be honest. My coworker won't eat fish unless she knows it's been cleaned with lime.

 

[ColdSlither]

Living Single was successful? Ok...

Successful enough for the creator of Friends to rip it off.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

I don't see how Black females can complain
Hell all the Black shows positive for them
And shyts all on Black men