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[–]wuzizname 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The throw back antenna TV channel has started putting warnings, like a full page of warnings on screen, before every episode of All in the Family now. What used to be lauded and acclaimed as one of the funniest and socially aware TV shows of all time now has a "woke warning" before it.

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

They don't do context very well. That show was based on a British TV show 'Til Death do us Part'. This centred on the easily angered and impressively low-knowledge character Alf Garnett. It followed the typical flow of British sitcoms, where the character plainly in the wrong gets their comeuppance in the end. It's a bit like how Cartman almost always suffers for his bigotry. I'm sure this, and its follow-up series In Sickness and in Health, will be stuffed with warnings for smooth-brains who can't comprehend context.

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

Huh I had no idea it was inspired by a British show. Does til death do us part hold up today?

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

I didn't actually know that myself until I looked it up. I'd heard of All in the Family referenced and just assumed it was along similar lines yet not connected.

I haven't seen it in years. The follow-up, In Sickness and in Health, was more what I saw growing up. There are some episodes of that on YouTube, and I had a quick look - yep, still pretty funny. I miss the days when you could have phrases like 'Peruvian ponce' and 'Welsh poofter' in a TV show let alone in a single sentence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpVs0G5BWA