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of work to do and this bench needs to go over there. >> but we just moved it over here. >> don't question my authority, thanks! we talk about race and culture in serious ways. that is important. discussing these things in a sitcom, you are not offensive. you are able to take in new ideas. >> the family was doing something that nobody had ever done. >> we are talking about having one of the biggest bigots in america and having a black man coming to his house. >> you see my daughter gloria standing over there and her husband mike? >> it was electrifying! >> i was tangling the whole t...

Because i was a backward kid. george lopez: and then it's just over and he's gone. he committed suicide in january of 1977. jim mckaines: he dies at age 22 with the world literally at his feet. patrick gomez: it was heartbreaking for the latinx community, and i think we've realized you can't put that pressure on one person to represent an entire minority group. george lopez: to see somebody that... that changes you; that gives you a purpose. i wanted to be a comedian because of him. ed: i'll miss you. chico: you'll miss me? ed: but i won't miss you with this if you don't get back to work.... e...

Anything was funny. margaret: mom, don't wait up for me. randall park: i hadn't ever seen an asian-american family on a sitcom so in a lot of ways, we learned lessons of how to tell a story about people who are traditionally underrepresented. margaret: i'm very, very proud that it broke ground and it gave an amazing push to a generation experiencing this great success now. jessica: if you try to suspend our son because of this, we will sue everyone in this school. eddie: hey, it's the american way right. jessica: you know about that.

♪ daniel fienberg: atlanta is part of this new wave of auteur driven comedy. man: where your ancestors from? congo? ivory coast. earn: i don't know, this spooky thing called slavery happened and my entire ethnic identity was erased. troy patterson: the premise is that earn, played by donald glover, has dropped out of princeton university and is back home in atlanta trying to manage his cousin to rap stardom. earn: i just don't scare people like you man. niggas know i drink juice and shit... alfred: fuck that! earn: dammmn! man: i can write you a cheque. alfred: nigga, do i look like a bank? ...

[soul music] isabella gomez: i think everything changes when you give a voice to a community that hasn't had one. ♪ lorraine ali: ramy could not have happened, before streaming. we had two decades, people being terrified of muslims. all of a sudden, there's a sitcom and people are laughing. ramy: i don't have to find a muslim girl. i've actually been seeing this girl chloe for a little bit, and its going- friend: no, are you out of your mind? white girls suck, bro. you can't keep dating them. one they are always walking around barefoot... daniel fienberg: so much of what happens in that show...