Thanks to Netflix, 'Good Times' is back — and with even more shucking and jiving
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Netflix’s animated Good Times reboot is a stain on a comedy classic
The animated, Seth MacFarlane-produced return for the much-loved sitcom relies on lazy poverty porn and stereotypes, a misunderstanding of what fans want and expectThe Good Times reboot opens in the Chicago projects with its next-gen patriarch in the shower naked duetting the original theme song with a roach on the window sill. Dy-no-mite, this is not.We may well now have the official cause of death for Norman Lear, the god-like sitcom producer who brought Good Times – a spinoff of a spinoff of...
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Good Morning: Thank you and good night
By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat I try hard not to wish away days at this point in my life. But I am in an awful… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
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Good Times: Black Again Isn’t As Bad As Its Trailer — But It Also Isn’t Good
There isn’t a show out right now that’s more offensive than Good Times: Black Again — Netflix’s new animated series reboot of the 1970s classic sitcom Good Times — and that’s saying a lot considering Zeus Network is still actively in business and cranking out almost exclusively aggressive and exploitative content, like the reality TV franchise Baddies. After the Good Times reboot trailer dropped, immediate backlash ensued. If the conversation on X (formerly Twitter) was any indication, most...