i don t want one. no, they re good. i don t want it. what do you want? you want comedy. take one. no, kramer, stop it! and boom, there you go. a situation comedy. there s 23 minutes of magic. it s so tasty, too! you fell in love with these characters. what you talking about, willis? we need to laugh at ourselves. you hide my clothes, i m wearing everything you own. laughter opens you up. okay, ready? no! no! things that we might be afraid to talk about. some people that were supposed to protect us didn t do the right thing. like racism. so cops are the bad guys? yes. no. class wars. and gender diversity. hi, girls. you can reach in and really touch people s hearts. i hate you. are you as turned on as i am? more! whether it s a family living under the same roof dynomight! now that s the kind of talk i like to hear. or gathered together in a workplace. that s a glue stick. all the great sitcoms are about fami
major impact in proving to the industry that a show like this can be successful. still to this day i get people on the street who come up to me in tears, saying how meaningful it was seeing themselves represented and feeling like you are a part of america. it is a part of a progression of representation in tv. okay. so i m just your standard, regular old incredibly hand son, unbelievably charismatic black drew toomey. this drooling pigment-challenged mixed race woman is my wife. black-ish is a family sitcom that is interested in talking about topics of racial identity in ways that television sometimes is uncomfortable about discussing. you re not serious about naming our kid davonte, are you? i want a strong black name. oh boy. . okay. we ve given our kids white names and they ve all ended up
and feeling like you are a part of america. it s a part of a progression of representation in tv. okay. so i m just your standard, regular, old incredibly handsome, unbelievable charismatic, black dude. now, this drooling pigment challenged mix-raced women is my wife. blackish is a family sitcom that is interested in talking about topics of racial identity in ways television is sometimes uncomfortable about discussing. you re not serious about naming our kid devante, are you? i want a strong, black name. okay? because we have given our kids white names and they ve all ended up blackish. the father feels like his family is losing touch with their roots. and he wants them to sort of know their heritage. i just want at least one of my kids to end up being black so i can love it. whereas, the cosby show was a much more safe kind of here is us living every day. the blackish family is very
of representation in tv. okay. so i m just your standard, regular, old incredibly handsome, unbelievable charismatic, black dude. now, this drooling pigment challenged mix-raced women is my wife. blackish is a family sitcom that is interested in talking about topics of racial identity in ways television is sometimes uncomfortable about discussing. you re not serious about naming our kid devante, are you? i want a strong, black name. okay? because we have given our kids white names and they ve all ended up blackish. the father feels like his family is losing touch with their roots. and he wants them to sort of know their heritage. i just want at least one of my kids to end up being black so i can love it. whereas, the cosby show was a much more safe kind of here is us living every day. the blackish family is very unapologetic about their blackness, in ways that really hadn t been seen, like, on
yeah, call me eddie. thank god. it s about an asian-american family that moves from a multicultural city to a very white suburban town. hi, welcome to the neighborhood. this is amanda. it was a really good window into how mainstream culture could feel strange to somebody else. fresh off the boat made a major impact in proving to the industry that a show like this can be successful. still to this day i get people on the street who come up to me in tears saying how meaningful it was seeing themselves represented and feeling like you are a part of america. it s a part of a progression of representation in tv. okay, so i m just your standard regular old incredibly handsome, unbelievably charismatic black dude. this drooling pigment challenged mixed race woman is my wife.