Netflix's Good Times animated remake has pissed off fans of the original show

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[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yooooo... a high-school teacher telling her student to do only fans and take off his clothes so she can take a look at the goods....

I was going to talk about the irony of a tv show made by black people glorifying gun violence and at the same time blaming the violence in black ghettos on the government bringing guns in, but there is so much getting pushed just in the trailer it's not even possible to cover it all in one sitting.

I don't see this lasting. I see this becoming a gold mine for "right wing" podcasts and getting canceled because of that while fan outrage is blamed.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think the jokes are funny. That is all.

[–]xoenix[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

From the Youtube page, the showrunner is Ranada Shepard, executive producers Stephen Curry, Norman Lear (he's still alive??) and Seth MacFarlane.

The showrunner has done some previous (black) TV but at a glance it doesn't look particularly woke. Anyway she's getting blasted on Twitter.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that it does not seem extremely woke in it's intentions, and seeing that Seth MacFarland is involved I definitely see family guy vibes. But they are definitely not going to be anti woke and the premise inherently forces woke narratives. Every time they portray anything associated with blacks there will be a woke framing of it, if not outright perception shaping and propaganda.

[–]xoenix[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Was this supposed to be woke or anti-woke or what?

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Can't something just be funny?

[–]xoenix[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Making fun of woke can be funny.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is making fun of the modern black family.

[–]Mcheetah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's definitely woke, but more in a 2000s kind of way. The victimhood is subtle, not over-the-top like it is nowadays. Also, this show was mainly made by white people; Seth McFarlane specifically. Although the black people voice acting in this destroying their career like Mindy Kaling with "Velma" are also to blame.

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is some of the most racist shit I've ever seen

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It looks like it's making fun of everything, and the style is very similar to "Lascars".

[–]Mcheetah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I just found out about it today. This would've worked better back when every kid in public school wasn't already this stupid to the point its impossible to be held back in school anymore, and every affluent street corner in San Francisco and NYC wasn't already this violent. You can't parody the ghetto when every blue-city in America right now is the ghetto!

Who is this even for? Woke BLM people won't like this, cause it's an animated version of "Bamboozled." And rational people won't like it cause it's absolute fucking TRASH. This entire idea is like 15 years too late and "The PJs" already did this better 25 years ago! This has to be a tax-scam write-off.