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gollygee

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6. There are probably lots of examples if they wanted to make a longer article

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #4)

Fri May 25, 2018, 08:40 AM

May 2018

They talk about "punching up" vs. "punching down" and SNL and the David Chappelle Show a bit too, but they don't have a ton of examples, true. There are probably lots.

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American sitcoms are dealing with race more than ever, but too often the jokes reinforce stereotypes [View all] gollygee May 2018 OP

Stereotypes are a comedians comfort food. Always has been. NCTraveler May 2018 #1

Do you mean "Black-ish" ? gollygee May 2018 #2

Thank you. NCTraveler May 2018 #3

I believe the creative team behind Blackish is largely made up of POC gollygee May 2018 #5

The article is frustrating in that it only provides, what, two examples? Blue_Adept May 2018 #4

There are probably lots of examples if they wanted to make a longer article gollygee May 2018 #6

Yep; I wasn't looking for balance but there's not much to the article Blue_Adept May 2018 #7