"Good Times" was downright ridiculous at times

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It represented the avg Black person more than Insecure

I know you'll disagree but it's true

And nothing about it was portraying Black ppl in a poor light (except JJ when he got flanderized)

Insecure wasn't bourgeois. Issa is working class. In fact, all of her work went towards improving her community.

Now Black-ish, that's a bourgeoisie show.
 

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I was told by some old Chicago people that good times was a decent representation of the 70s in Chicago

I couldn’t really fukk with it after I watched the black Jesus episode and it really made me analyze Florida and how she was fukking every lic up James had
 

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I couldn’t really fukk with it after I watched the black Jesus episode and it really made me analyze Florida and how she was fukking every lic up James had
Florida Evans.......
was the villain of that show.....


and she kept getting away with it.
 

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It represented the avg Black person more than Insecure

I know you'll disagree but it's true

And nothing about it was portraying Black ppl in a poor light (except JJ when he got flanderized)
Did it though? They had no good times, and the average black person during those days were all about making something out of nothing, and the best out of every situation. Even though we struggled, as kids, we never really noticed it because of the way things in the house and neighborhood were. The Evans were beat down at every situation, and did not have happy moments. Now that would've been fine if the focus were solely on the parents, but the show was more about the kids.

What's Happening, Sanford and Son, and maybe That's My Momma were probably the average black family.
 

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Did it though? They had no good times, and the average black person during those days were all about making something out of nothing, and the best out of every situation. Even though we struggled, as kids, we never really noticed it because of the way things in the house and neighborhood were. The Evans were beat down at every situation, and did not have happy moments. Now that would've been fine if the focus were solely on the parents, but the show was more about the kids.

What's Happening, Sanford and Son, and maybe That's My Momma were probably the average black family.
Yes, shows can have different tones
 

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I was told by some old Chicago people that good times was a decent representation of the 70s in Chicago

I couldn’t really fukk with it after I watched the black Jesus episode and it really made me analyze Florida and how she was fukking every lic up James had
it was the true story of the first Lionel Jefferson life
 
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