http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5330293

Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross and Lawrence fishburne. The cast alone is compelling me to time in. But it looks funny and the subject matter appeals to my suburban-raised blackishness.

Ditto Fresh Off the Boat...

but I think both should at least be interesting while they last.

some of the jokes seem too forced/corny to me.
I'll probably give it a shot though.

i don't look forward to that
but i do look forward to tuning in
saw the trailer today
i like how its very obvious in what its trying to do
and doesn't take itself too seriously
(well that's how it seems so far. they might have some fullhouse moments but that's cool it's abc. its a sitcom.)

Bledsoe as a couple on whatever that failed show's name was (I think it was Guys with Kids, funniest canceled sitcom in a Minute) but I'mma check this out. Shocked that a network would even give this an oppurtunity, so, I'm down.... peace to you, lady...

(and Scandal's overwhelming presence not just in the ratings, but in social media) had a lot to do with it.

now i gotta go see if some episodes are floating around the internets

and peace to you :)

>i don't look forward to that
>but i do look forward to tuning in
>saw the trailer today
>i like how its very obvious in what its trying to do
>and doesn't take itself too seriously
>(well that's how it seems so far. they might have some
>fullhouse moments but that's cool it's abc. its a sitcom.)
>
>

i dig the premise but not the execution as seen in this trailer.

Black-ish seems to wanna beat you over the head with the premise.

+-6?

It genuinely looks good, but it is a Black sitcom on network TV, and the only ones of those to find real ratings success (of the type that would keep them off the chopping block in 2014) deliberately played down Blackness on purpose.

This one goes in the exact opposite direction, on purpose and to good effect, but I have to wait and see how "the mainstream audience" takes it.

From the trailer I saw, it felt like it wasn't aimed at me. Most of the jokes & issues are things that folks my age have dealt with for decades. I'm afraid that it won't seem fresh or interesting.

odd blocky type head before


i'll be giving it a shot
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I feel the same way about AA as I do Gabby Union but I ended up catching a few eps of being may Jane and liked them so yeah

but this looks like it could be a good show.

I hope it pulls a decent audience.

Don't like the name. And the trailer wasn't funny. I will give it a chance. Hopefully it's better than what's in the trailer.

I'm in. And I'll even watch it live instead of on demand.

could be a decent mid-level sitcom.
i have no problems with the title but i can see the tightly wound think-piecers lining up already to give me 15 paragraphs of race-ranting. ugh. clogging up my timeline.

i don't watch network TV, though.

prolly won't start for this.

pretty close in age.

The oldest girl just doesn't seem old enough to have that teenage dynamic that most family shows have.


they better be bringin' in an older cousin or something.

it's worth giving a shot. it definitely doesn't look as horrible as "reed between the lines," another family comedy with tracee ellis ross as the mom.

on wiki, sounds like Theo tried to make a Cosby ripoff, lol

>it's worth giving a shot. it definitely doesn't look as
>horrible as "reed between the lines," another family comedy
>with tracee ellis ross as the mom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_Between_the_Lines

>on wiki, sounds like Theo tried to make a Cosby ripoff, lol

that's basically what it was billed as in the press....needless to say, it did NOT live up to that standard lol. it wasn't even "da parent hood" level.

Black-ish creator/Executive Producer Kenya Barris also co-created and developed America's Next Top Model

He is also really good people.

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Which makes me smile.

RT @AlyssaRosenberg

A tidbit about #blackish, which premieres tonight: the writers room is about half female, half black, and has two Indian-American writers.

>Black-ish creator/Executive Producer Kenya Barris also
>co-created and developed America's Next Top Model
>
>He is also really good people.
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>___________________________________________________________________________________________
>Only losers and herbs believe that OKP = Fun with Words +
>People's Emotions


oh that's not really insider-y since Tyra name checked him in past interviews.

But that IS a cool piece of info...dude is BANKING on them syndication checks for real though. I'm not mad at im AT ALL

they both need a "black" show to their original programming.

Can't do it.

Mine wasn't that flashy. It was more a college fundraiser, but we did have that rites of passage rigamarole to create and then execute. It was a lot.

.... this shit.

i wonder if folks forgot it was on.

a few weeks ago.

Good intentions, execution needs work. Which isn't good b/c networks cancel shows quick these days.

Black Twitter seemed to like it.

since you fear alienation and can't define black which clearly ain't African.

L for negros.

I cringed at the scene where he changes the LA tourism ad and the boss sits backs and applauds. Ugh, ugh ugh. I can NOT.

Could be better if they give it a chance. I just hope every episode isn't "Andre wonders if his family is Black enough."

- the show title should have been the pilot episode title
- there were a few moments that could have been dialed back

but what come on people said up there.

The title. From the moment they announced it, I questioned why they thought that was a good title. I liked the premise (Still haven't seen the episode though), but thought the title will hold it back.

i googled but didn't come up with anything.

was something else and they changed it to blackish.

like if you called it something like "That Boy Ain't Right" or something like that, or something simple like "The (Family Name)" ...which always works. From The Jeffersons to the Simpsons.

I'll give it a few more episodes
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I'm interested to see how the show evolves.

modern family was cool and this is a great after lead

plus caught the mysteries of laura with an okp cameo

but missed the goldbergs, so hulu in the am...

Esp annoyed by the if you're playing fh to get laid then all is well scene. Mostly hated it for being all over the place though. Seemed to come to a conclusion after the first ep as well. Ugh

Played on that other failed show on BET and I officially just don't get the appeal of Anthony Anderson. I have tried several times over the years and I just don't get it

I wanna say maybe white ppl will find this funny but I love modern family and its lauded as being funny and it makes me crack up. I didn't laugh once watching this so I feel like this show is doomed

I'll stick around just cause I'm such a race man but it's really not good

she still got a nice ass....
but her acting is pretty much one single lane....

I never really was a fan of Anthony Anderson...but in retrospect, he's got a broad range of ability. I'm not suspecting that what's held him back more is the people he's paired with.....maybe?

They really need to de-bubble and de-sassify TER though.....
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than an actress if you catch my drift.

for some reason tho.. while rewatching itlast night i laughed quite a few times. im still in.

i love modern family, but last nights ep didnt earn as many laughs as usual.

What I did find hilarious were the eps of selfie and A to Z. So both on demand. They are new shows

But I legit laughed watching those as opposed to not laughing at all for black ish

But ima stick around

> I officially just
>don't get the appeal of Anthony Anderson. I have tried several
>times over the years and I just don't get it



but lawrence did his job
trace did hers
i'll suffer through anthony
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TV stays trying to give Anthony Anderson a show. I saw him on Food Network the other day, with a show.

And how is Larry Fishburne supposed to be his father? They're MAYBE 10 years apart in age.

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He's getting his Red Foxx on (playing a part several years - decades even - older than his own age)

>He's getting his Red Foxx on (playing a part several years -
>decades even - older than his own age)


man Larry Fishburne is coming UP on them checks...he's on black-ish, has a producer's role and is coming BACK to NBC's Hannibal for season three AND I hear he's a series regular still. So good for him...

I think the show has potential. I laughed at some parts, didn't in other parts.

I hope it gets better as the episodes progress.

anthony seems to work hard though
like he knows we wonder why we keep seeing him

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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

...i wish they didn't do that heavy handed tyler perry esque into to some of the characters, but i thought it was funny and a good companion to MF

...i hope it grows and succeeds

oh and i hope they don't get all heavy handed with being Black in America

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>oh and i hope they don't get all heavy handed with being Black
>in America

I don't believe we really need every nuance of our culture to be presented and explained to the masses in the form of entertainment.
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lil bottle for the world to sample though.....

I'm going to give the show a chance though. I think it has promise.
.

and it isn't trying to....but i understand what you're alluding to...

i liked it.

it was very safe aside from the part where he tried to "keep it real" with the presentation and almost lost his job

kind of brilliant if the point of that scene was "black viewers would be most satisfied if our show was like this, but we're on ABC at 9:30 PM so we have to play the game"

It's like they're trying to explain our lives to white folks in hopes of improving race relations, but it wasnt very funny to me.

I only saw a few episodes of My Wife And Kids but I dug how it felt like I was watching a family of black folks and not a "black" family

>
>I only saw a few episodes of My Wife And Kids but I dug how it
>felt like I was watching a family of black folks and not a
>"black" family


like he was trying to explain his job
didn't think about the connection to trying to explain the show

saw an earlier interview and Anthony's producing partner who much of this is based on name is rainbow...
hrm

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and now we have kids who don't care if their white friends say nigga and don't give a shit about "the black struggle"

i thought it was funny, smart and relatable. it pushed the envelope a bit which i appreciated.

being the first black pres and the youngest child didnt really "get it."

A lot of people hate it because of the title but I think it fits if you watch the show.

Funniest part to me was Fishburne with the hotsauce...

"uh huh...baked chicken"

the concept is wealthy black family cant escape being black no matter their quality of life

race is a touchy issue in this country, but this was a very safe show with numerous instances of white folks being insensitive and not called on it.

SXSW 2013 a random white woman asked me, MistaGoodbar and my folks if we knew where the weed was (making sure to make "black homie" hand signals). I said "why, because we're black?" and stunned her. this show seems like a lot of tongue holding and pride swallowing around Mr. Charlie, and while that's reality it could be taken by whites as exaggeration given it's a comedy

or embracing their blackness due to growing up wealthy

..and no snark but it's SXSW and you sounded like an idiot for saying that. I could see if it was crack or fried chicken but weed at SXSW?

Did you know where to get it?

i felt it was about a wealthy black family that struggles with blackness when surrounded by nonblackness.

i didnt feel like they were all trying to escape or embrace blackness, but moreso just dealing with it.

i said it pushed the envelope bc i felt like there was more inside stuff than i expected...such as "africans dont even like us" and the rites of passage ceremony. this is shit that mostly only black ppl would relate to and it made the show seem somewhat unapologetic.

because a lot of Blacks feel that way and whites have no idea.

The way he said it though... LOL, I'm laughing again.

I meant they arent just seen as (well off) people, they're seen as black. the opening scene with the tourist bus driving past their house illustrated that, as did the snacks in the boardroom scene

he's always going to be seen as less than a human because of his race, and for it to a be safe show I think he's always going to refrain from confrontation

it's just what you are focusing more on...

Nika is absolutely right about which premises it's actually dealing with

tackling the shit you are saying it's tackling is impossible and they seem to know it...acknowledge it...then KIM

>i felt it was about a wealthy black family that struggles
>with blackness when surrounded by nonblackness.
>
>i didnt feel like they were all trying to escape or embrace
>blackness, but moreso just dealing with it.
>
>i said it pushed the envelope bc i felt like there was more
>inside stuff than i expected...such as "africans dont even
>like us" and the rites of passage ceremony. this is shit that
>mostly only black ppl would relate to and it made the show
>seem somewhat unapologetic.

there was
also addressing blackness as a somewhat nebulous concept
we know whats black is but resent when we are put in the black box
also resent when put out of the black box


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will continue to watch.


only knock was the narration. less of that in future would be great.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/25/abc-black-ish-ratings/

Black-ish had 10.8 million viewers and a 3.3 rating among adults 18-49 at 9:30 p.m. The big mitigating factor here is the size of its lead-in from Modern Family (10.9 million and a 3.7) — last year’s Super Fun Night, for instance, opened to a 3.2 in this slot and quickly faded. Yet ABC points out Black-ish had the highest retention of Modern Family viewers for a regular comedy debut in this slot ever.
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I don't know if they can up him to regular (even though "Black-ish" is his show) since he's already on Hannibal.

but unlike shows like SFN, HE, BIA23, etc this show can relate to a bigger audience and capitalyze on the overall familial theme of the night....

The show runs counter to my own sensibilities, but I appreciate where it's coming from even if I didn't laugh a whole bunch.


"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

progresses.

because I thought the humor (absent the over-the-top "daishiki" part) was pretty funny for what they were going for.

and it reminded me how big a damn void that Bernie Mac and Everyone Hates Chris left

or maybe a lot more.

I'll give it a chance but the pilot didn't make it a must watch for me.

for me to watch this.Dude always makes me laugh on The Daily Show and the show sounds almost exactly like his rants.

I'll keep watching because 1) Black folks on tv who aren't cooning and 2) Tracee Ellis Ross 3) Tracee Ellis Ross

the oldest son and the youngest daughter are pretty funny tho

I'm hoping this will be one of those shows where the writers and cast
ended up finding their groove after the first few eps

What does "Black-ish" even mean?
That these ppl dont "act black"?
Nah.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/interview-black-ish-creator-kenya-barris-talks-blackness-in-the-age-of-obama-and-the-shadow-of-cosby-premieres-tonight-20140924

>Interview: 'Black-Ish' Creator Kenya Barris Talks Blackness in the Age of Obama and in the Shadow of Cosby (Premieres Tonight)

By Jai Tiggett | Shadow and Act
September 24, 2014 at 2:17PM

Leading up to the series premiere, show creator Kenya Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about 'Black-ish' and what he hopes to achieve with it.

Premiering tonight on ABC, "Black-ish" follows Andre Johnson, a successful advertising executive, husband, and father trying to establish a sense of cultural identity for his family in the age of Obama and post-racial dogma.

The series is loosely based on the life of show creator Kenya Barris, who leads a team of black executive producers including Larry Wilmore, Brian Dobbins, and Helen Sugland, as well as Anthony Anderson and Laurence Fishburne, who also star.

Leading up to the series premiere, Barris made time to talk with Shadow And Act about the show and what he hopes to achieve with it.

About the series title, "Black-ish":

KB: I looked at my kids and realized that they're growing up in a much different way than I did. I'm from Inglewood; my kids are not. And my understanding of what it was to be black growing up is not the world that they're living in. They have a filtered version of that; it's a little black-ish. They've taken a lot of different things from what Americana has become.

And at the same time I looked around at everyone else who was in an additive way a little black-ish. I say it in the pilot – Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, everyone else who – it used to be called "co-opting," but now it's "an homage." And it's people sort of finally giving us credit for our contribution to the Zeitgeist of the world today. So I felt like the younger generation is living in this homogenized world that we've never really seen before, which is capped off by our President who is black and mixed race. I could have called it "The Johnsons," or "Keeping it Real" or "The Burbs," but I felt like I wanted to say something about this world.


On comparisons to "The Cosby Show":

KB: Cosby is one of my mentors and that show changed my life. It was groundbreaking, but it was about a family that happened to be black. I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black. Because as Du Bois has shown, we do have to live a double consciousness every day in the world. We have to walk our path and walk the mainstream path, and there's never really been a show that's talked about what that's like.

To me ("Cosby") is one of the greatest shows ever created. Monetarily, it's proven to be one of the greatest shows ever created. I set out to tell my story, which is based on my family. Dr. Cosby told his story in "The Cosby Show." The comparisons stop there in terms of my creation of the show. We just both happen to have black fathers at the center of it.


Reflecting culture in the series:

KB: Our main character is a little flawed, and I think that works to the nature of single camera comedies. He understands his misgivings eventually, that's his journey each week, and we're going on it with him. From my perspective, I went through African rites of passage ceremonies, I did Jack and Jill, I did Links and so many things that were part of what the black experience was growing up. And I saw some of the hypocrisy of it. I tried to do Kwanzaa with my family and was like, 'This sucks. What am I doing this for?'

For me, I felt like I was doing it because I was trying to live up to someone else's idea of what black was. At the same time, my aunt does it and loves it and has a huge amount of passion for it. But the great thing about culture on our show is that we don't have to have one point of view. They are not the spokesmen for Black America. They are one black family, and hopefully people laugh and like them, and hopefully they shed some light and start some conversations.


On Tracee Ellis Ross' character, Rainbow:

KB: She's a little more liberal. She's mixed race and comes from a different socioeconomic and cultural background. She's figuring it out too, as she goes. This is very much a couple who are figuring themselves out, and figuring out parenting, and we're on that ride with them in a much broader sense than I think we saw on "The Cosby Show."

Dr. and Mrs. Huxtable were as close to perfection as we could see, and I feel like was something that we really needed at the time. This family is going to make a few more mistakes. But these characters have learned from watching "The Cosby Show." Their lives are influenced by the same things that my life was influenced by, so they're aware that they have a very Cosby-esque life and they want to live up to that, and they feel disappointed when they can't.


On casting Ross:

KB: We always knew we wanted Tracee, but the network had to go through its process. But the moment she walked in, there was no competition. We had worked together before on "Girlfriends" and we've been friends for over a decade. I think that her talent is boundless. The best part of the show, to me, is the cast. They gelled from day one and you see that on the screen. It feels like a real family and that's usually hard to build. I'm so happy that it came together, and hopefully people like it.

"'Cosby'... was groundbreaking, but it was about a family that happened to be black. I wanted to do a show about a family that is absolutely black."


Bringing the show to ABC:

KB: We were really lucky. We showed it to ABC because of Paul Lee. They were the place that we thought would really get behind us and at the same time, let us do an honest version of what we thought the show should be. Honestly it's been a dream scenario.


On the pressures of representation:

KB: We want a show that we feel is true to our experiences. I think sometimes there's an unfair bias, especially amongst our people, that one thing has to be this pandemic cure-all for everything. And to me that's not fair.

This isn't a political show. It may express the political viewpoints of the characters, which are funneled through myself, my partners, and the writers. But it doesn't have pundits on either side. It's a reflection of my world, and Anthony's, and Laurence's, and Larry's world. We wanted to bring an honest reflection of our aggregate experiences, and just tell an honest story. That's all that any creative endeavor can hope to do, is just try and bring an honest version of their experience.


On audience expectations:

KB: I understand the reticence and some of the reactions to the title. I feel like as a black person in this country we've had the wool pulled over our eyes, we've had so much placed upon us, I get it. And I think that most of the response is out of context because they haven't actually seen the show. So I understand, and all I ask is that maybe it draws people to actually look at it and give it a chance and form their opinion from there.

If the show isn't for you, but it has something that may be for someone else, some support of the show still goes a long way. Because if it works, there might be three other shows behind it and one of those might speak to exactly what you're looking for. I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people. There are a lot of different things that we will embrace, and a more unilateral approach to some of those things may help us in the long run.


Thanks to Kenya Barris for the time.

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It was shockingly offensive to me. Not funny at all. Horrible name for a show as well.

Show creator, Kenya Barry, defines Black-ish in an August interview with the Huffington Post, here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/black-ish-kenya-barris-critics-_n_5737966.html

Asked to describe the meaning of Black-ish, he responds:

I think it's a really inclusive word much less than an exclusionary word, in terms of it really speaks towards the homogenized society we're living in today...

...And so the ideology of what he saw, growing up, to be black, there's a little bit of a filtered, subtracted, watered-down version of that...

But then at the same time, he looks around and sees that there's an additive version when he looks and sees a lot of the cultural impact that black culture has had on what America is today, has spread beyond our particular race. He sees, Kim Kardashian is "black-ish." Dirk Nowitzki has a "black-ish" style of playing basketball. And he looks and feels like culture, in general, is at a place where it reached this sort of convergence, where it's all become sort of this one thing, and we've all sort of merged into this big homogenized pot of where we're from each other. And everyone else, in his eyes, has become a little bit more "black-ish."

My issue with that--

The mimickry and "integration" of Black culture into some "homogenized cultural pot" where we're all "borrowing" and merging into one another isn't a neutral or positive phenomena that "just happens" and we all woke up one day and realized we were a little *less* Black-ish and everyone else became a little *more* Black-ish, as some trade-off for stewing in that pot.

Lol. I stay woke. I'm not "less" anything.

Cultural theft and ransacking? Not new. Neither is the world assuming that their elements of ludicrous MIMICKRY and representation *is* Black culture.

Black bodies have long been a problematic vehicle for those who identify, regardless of race and ethnicity, with the troubling assumptions and desires of the White gaze.

What bothers me is when my own people get lost in those shenanigans and look at ourselves with that gaze (no matter how multi-cultural, homogenized, liberal, "new," and "nuanced," the position and framing of Black folks and culture may be in the "intelligent" light of it).

The show was like watching Black folks perform an unconscious type of upper-middle class blackface. Others still engage in "nuanced" forms of blackface-- in an attempt to "integrate" and meld into the pot, why not us, too?

OKP's hate new car smell.

OKP's hate crispy $100 bills.

OKP's hate the laughter of babies.

on a cable channel like FX executing the same premise.


I loved that dude got the promotion (which they were telegraphing that he wouldn't get) but it was SVP of Urban.

I hated the repeated use of "keeping it real". No one uses that term anymore.

I hated the African Ceremony (too broad) loved the "They don't even like us joke.

Loved the use of Dead Prez.

Loved the mockery of field hockey.

Loved Obama the first president joke.

Thought it was funny boy wanted a bah mitzvah.

Need Larry to be more ornery. He needs to be saying sh*t that would get white people mad (a la George jefferson).

Hated that they ended up having a Bro Mitzvah. Seemed like a cave in. Just have a diddy style sweet sixteen.

Too safe and white audience geared in my opinion.

C+ in my opinion.



concept executed on cable. Maybe even FX.

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Network sitcoms are broad because they have to appeal to six times as many people as a cable show does. Therefore, they have to play it safer and wider.

Either that or she has a big mole right around where her nipple would be.
Waiting for confirmation

... just shadowing.

But I had the black hood over the TV, rewinding that shit like a NFL ref reviewing a goal line play during the 4th quarter with no time on the clock.

>... just shadowing.
>
>But I had the black hood over the TV, rewinding that shit like
>a NFL ref reviewing a goal line play during the 4th quarter
>with no time on the clock.

http://i.imgur.com/SpU4dt8.png

>http://i.imgur.com/SpU4dt8.png

real talk tho.. that's a very high areola. I know she is flat chested but damn, that's like no teet at all.

nah, on further inspection it's the shadow from the soap bar.

>... just shadowing.
>
>But I had the black hood over the TV, rewinding that shit like
>a NFL ref reviewing a goal line play during the 4th quarter
>with no time on the clock.


^^^^^gotta be post of the year

If this was the year 2000, then maybe it might've been patronizing.
But, (in 2014) its a slightly cute, mostly cliche primetime sitcom on ABC.
Ofcourse, the children act indifferent.
They don't need to care. Its not their faults. They were born too late.
Ofcourse, the father begrudgingly accomodates White America.
How else can he afford the suburban lifestyle for his upper-middle class family?

Honestly, I'm still not sure how I feel about this show.
I used to watch re-runs of Good Times, which was written by White people.

Kids today think The Cosby Show is corny (and boring).

Yeah, I get it: Why we gotta be "Black-ish"?
Why do we have to (still) say "keepin it real" (in 2014)?

People of Okayplayer: you will not see Nat Turner on ABC/NBC/CBS.
Just be glad they played a Dead Prez song.
Or don't.

i give it an A.

i'm all in w/the show now. even though i wasn't as into the pilot.

only weak spot were the little kids, but the cute factor worked...

them dudes taking their shirts off to talk erytime was hilarious...

because what they did felt like actual little-kid shit and not necessarily TV show kid shit.

oozed off the screen.

which is exactly what they was going for.

the godfather line was funny on the commercials, but it kilt me in context.


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i knew it was a bit heavy handed on the premise of being black
second show eased up a bit but still kept it a bit real
especially pops and teenage angst

...get the greenbacks on board with "the black" stuff... so, go semi-over the top with being "black..."

Last night... was just a good show, about a good family... who are black.

Dug it.

guess the other post was a duplicate so i'll say it again here


anthony needs to keep his clothes on

but i get it
technically that barrel square body like lena dunham
is needed
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But I was laughing out loud at that whole episode


I'm in.

especially when Andre started hiding from Junior - the "driverless" car, lol...

.

made me literally laugh out loud " i just nodded, gave her some generic advice lol

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

http://tvline.com/2014/09/30/black-ish-cast-jenifer-lewis-anthony-anderson-mother/

ABC's black-ish Casts Jenifer Lewis as Anthony Anderson's Mother
By Michael Slezak / September 30 2014, 10:58 AM PDT
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You can’t spell “smother” without “mother” — a lesson that will be abundantly clear now that Jenifer Lewis (Meet the Browns, Strong Medicine) has boarded black-ish in the recurring role of Dre’s (Anthony Anderson) overbearing mom.

Lewis’ character Ruby is described as follows: “She smothers pork chops with gravy, Dre with love, and would like to flat out smother Rainbow (Tracee Ellis Ross), who feels the same way about her.”

RELATED black-ish Premiere: Did You Fall for ABC’s Newest Modern Family?
Lewis will make her first appearance later this season, according to the network.
RELATED Mistresses Renewed for Season 3

In its series premiere last Wednesday, black-ish drew 11 million total viewers and a 3.3 rating, demonstrating 96 and 85 percent retention out of Modern Family. For comparison’s sake, Super Fun Night (which led out of Modern Family‘s season premiere in fall 2013) only managed 75 percent retention.

Excited about Lewis’ joining black-ish? Sound off in the comments!

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So I take it his parents are divorced.

it seems very just, blah and it's not my type of funny.



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"There is much temptation to use what has worked before,
even when it may exceed its effective scope."

"Roll me further bitch"

gonna be hilarious

it had some funny moments
others were predictable
i HATE lil kids acting too damn grown on tv
so i dont like their younger daughter
older daughter played her minimal role perfectly

i liked charlie murphy's s-curl


i get they stole that successful father-son-cool grandfather at the dinner table vibe from Marty Kaan and House of Lies

`

That was some funny ass shit...Dude brought a hamburger to dinner...I laughed...really loud...

That is both corny and kickass!

... I still laffed - with the tellin-ass white chick. LOL

Tonight's epsiode was pretty fuckin funny!

It was cool in the first third...by the home stretch we were fucked up.

yall crazy man. i'll be the first one to call out some cooning and say stop that shit in mixed company. i like this one.

they gotta say black though?

he was violatin every man law/social code possible...

i loved when they were asking the people of that social society what "kind" of black it'smembers were...

the boys hanging in the room building that model was great...

another hilarious ep..

Wth man LOL

The daps and hug and daps and hug and linger
The sandwich
The tmi
His kicks?!?!

He's gonna be back
Lawd

Wait the soup!
His character is a mess
LOL
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all of his shit was funny mostly bc i know a few line steppers just like that. hopefully they have in a recurring role, but not something that they overdo.

but man!

tracey was all hes not coming back...

then his son


man he'll be back
i know parents have that problem of their kids made friends with someones parents you can stand
oh man
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and i think that's good

it's much funnier than i expected

the kids are better than i expected but so much of the focus is the oldest boy but i can see why so far...he's actually pretty funny

some of the scenes in last night ep were randomly funny...it's usually the shit non-race-related that is the most funny...

like dude coming to dinner with fast food...the bus stop scene...lil homie telegraphing his pass

it picks and chooses when to be heavy-handed and it somehow works with the overall pacing of the show...

the flawedness of AA on the show is interesting too...

there are some scenes that miss and even that i think is ok...the meeting with the fake Links group didn't connect but overall...this show has a lot of potential and as is...is still pretty fucking funny

that line was funny as hell.

the delivery. the solemn head nod in -agreeance- from fish. and the cluelessness of going to some jack an jill ass niggas to get a black experience for your kids.


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fish has a ton of moments on that show

even the corny part with the son saying "Damn" at the end was hilarious

>even the corny part with the son saying "Damn" at the end was
>hilarious

i liked that....and them talking bout dat thang TER got...i even liked the uncomfortableness but realness of them talking bout that subject so smoothly...part of me says the son couldn't have realized what he was laughin at, which makes it funnier...

I was dying when Anyhony dropped the project right before the credits because he was so mad.

Also when the kid was like "You are?" When he said they were good through a divorce crushed me.

And is it me or was Tracee's look when her daughter said she wanted to be a doctor because you can't tell if a doctor was responsible for death a look of horror?

Hilarious

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but i'm hoping every eps isn't going to be about andre having some foolish slightly over the top notion, and then learning a lesson. that will get old fairly fast.

still, im all the way on this show.

the bus stop?

"OMG, sweetie...what did you see?"

"EVERYTHING!!!"

This show is hilarious.

and yeah every part of the scene at the bus stop was hilarious.

every part of the basketball scene was pretty great too. lol at andre's and his son face after he telegraphed the pass.

everything'...


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not having much to show for it. (c) mad

I was telling my wife that deon was eddie murphys brother and I liked his s-curl

Wow i was wrong
I wont tell her that tho

Like they fly the whole fam back to Stillman's homecoming and let the youngin see what that life is like.
Let grandpop be raised from around there on a chicken farm.

I can see some funnies from that and a DST step show scene of course.
Maybe ol boy will be a Nupe.

But let the momma have gone to Stanford and be a fish outta water herself.

i still don't really care for anthony anderson in general

and the mother/daughter relationship with the oldest girl kinda irritates me but eh

>and the mother/daughter relationship with the oldest girl
>kinda irritates me but eh


cause that i'm black and i'm cool and i'm black and cool

man ive seen that
for some people it clicks the older sister
for some it doesn't
younger brother

and then and THEN when that shit is no longer poppin?
thats where the comedy begins there
that fall from grace

and the mom is apparently an ex nerd
yeah...interesting dynamic
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

http://www.tumblr.com/blog/blackpeopleonlocalnews

Especially since it covers the same ground as the pilot with Anthony Anderson worrying about his oldest son not being Black. The head nod, the scrunched up face, and wanting his son to have Black friends rang more true to me than his son wanting a bar mitzvah and Anthony Anderson having a bro mitzvah instead. Plus, this episode was just flat out funny.

Way more relatable in terms of what black parents go through in the burbs.

Now the question is how many different ways they can milk this theme before getting tired.


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I feel what every one is saying about how many times can they go to the "Blackness" well, I think if they work hard, they can do it multiple times but in subtle ways. It's a matter of how well, the writers develop.

with his nuts in his face...

HOLLERED

ive tried to like this show, but i just dont think its funny.

i hate that tracy ellis ross character's name is rainbow. lol

the kids are not great imo, the younger kids are adorable but not really bringing anything to the roles

i do like the older son though, i think he's playing his part well

i did laugh a few times at the latest ep (head nods) but i feel like im forcing myself to watch hoping it gets better

ahh maybe i'll take ur advice

Maybe she's just too awkward to have chemistry with anyone on TV?

Thought it would happen last night. Will be hilarious.


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now THAT would be something

... to connect with their bamma ass cousins.

I could see it now "Chiiile, you ain't never heard of chitlins?"

And I could not get into it. It was cliched from top to bottom with jokes and scenarios that have been recycled from every black family television show within the past four decades dealing with "black-ish" issues. Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson (both great actors who are actually funny) couldn't even save the show for me.

Next......

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If you are referring to black issues of racial stereotypes, identity crisis, idealizations (within the black community), preserving black culture in a white society (pro-blackness) and self-actualization in the midst of struggle? Plenty. The show's premise is just not that original. It had a couple of funny moments, but I tuned out afterwards. It wasn't interesting.

....you just have a generic reply to NOT back up what you're saying..... i'd like to hear the shows that dealt with specifically, the things that are talked about in the latest ep...and yeah, i'll wait...

I'm not talking about JUST the latest episode. I'm talking about the overall theme of the show. You seem to take this personally (even though it's my opinion) and you're starting a senseless debate which confounds me. You act as though I made a repulsive 'yo mama' joke. The show is lackadaisical. I don't like it. It could be better than what it is. Get over yourself. There are other issues going on in the world besides the fact that I refuse to ride the bandwagon and give a nod to the show. Nice try, though. And yes I will give you references of black shows dealing with/ or similar to "black-ish". Hell, I throw in cartoons (and shows that received poor ratings) in the mix!

Starting from the 1970's on................

Good Times (A black family living in the ghetto, constantly facing social hurdles. Do I need to explain further?)

The Jeffersons (An upper class African American family that still dealt with issues of race)

Roc (Another show about a black family just barely surviving in the ghetto and coming to terms with being black in America)

Family Matters (The show's premise went downhill towards slapstick comedy, but there was one episode that explored discrimination when Laura's locker was spray painted with the N word. Also, there was an episode when Eddie was assaulted by a police officer because he was black)

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Explored MANY race issues)

Everybody Hates Chris

The Parent Hood

The Cleveland Show

I'm pretty sure there are or will be plenty more Black sitcoms to emerge that will explore "black-ish" themes.

i'm out.
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Uhm yes I did I watch it.

Bye Felicia.

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/black-ish-away-murder-full-004400728.html

"As for "Black-ish," the Anthony Anderson comedy got a full back-nine
order and will air 22 episodes this season.

The "Black-ish" pick-up comes after the show's third episode drew
8.28 million viewers and a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49, up from the
previous week. "Black-ish" had had more consistent retention of
its "Modern Family" lead-in than any comedy in recent memory. "

Deon Cole killed; I hope he has a recurring role.

and then internally smh @ myself after realizing I probably looked like Junior when he did it

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

I imediately thought about this:


http://www.amazon.com/Fly-The-Buttermilk-Advertising-Education/dp/0971205000

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

http://gubmints.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Soup-Nazi.jpg

... spanking.

That one should set off a pretty lively debate!

LMAO @ most of ya'll debating back and forth over an unimportant TV show and beating a dead horse. I'm predicting this post will be anchored, if not already.

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Some of you post as if rap music taught you how to be hard.

...the funny shit is funny enough to keep me watching.

I think i'm in.

a bunch of "it's to this or that... but I'm going to watch it"

niggas got their "get out of a bad show" card ready for that bad episode

"Pass . . ." - Dad


lol, quintessential B vs. b debate

he sold dre out so hard in the end.

And be completely done with both of them niggas.

"an ass, is an ass, is an ass, is an ass...."

POP!!!

I was rolling!!

i was definitely here for the whooping episode

and ha!
handled nicely
and that hot wheel track
pops (ha!)
is a fool for that
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LOL...great episode....yeah, Fish was killin it... i loved when Jack hopped out that cabinet and Dre got so mad he bout pulled that belt off like Grandad on The Boondocks....

that part with pops keeping the race track peice and wanted to pass it on was a lil creepy, but otherwise a hilarious ep...

also slightly referenced "the itis" with the shot of him sleeping at the table after lunch during the vote flashback. Pretty clever how they slipped that in.

they ain't een say anything.

and that 'we took a vote' shit... man.


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LOL

subtle AND overt

well done
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...and still laughing...that hot wheels track gag was everything...

uh huh.

whole ep very much mirrored the convos we've had on here.


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you

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Classic.

(can't remember what was in the blank but the writers were nice and slick w/that one)

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Pops was like "What's age gotta do with it?!"

Yo. LOL.

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wrong.

I'll admit that.

the show is great. It's funny and Larry Fishburne is now the reason I watch it. I didn't think he'd be a good fit possibly because I couldn't see him being anything but Furious--but naw, he's the glue to the show.

I kinda wish for humor sake they'd bring Cuba Gooding jr onto the show as Anthony Anderson's brother and make some BoyzNDaHood references

>I kinda wish for humor sake they'd bring Cuba Gooding jr onto
>the show as Anthony Anderson's brother and make some
>BoyzNDaHood references


lol

they really should be meta with it
omg
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not the writing, that's taking me a while to warm up to.

I had it on mute for a while with closed captioning on (i was making dinner) and the jokes i saw in written form were actually pretty hilarious. I went back and watched it with audio and the jokes didn't hit as hard as i thought they would, especially the ones delivered by the kids and Tracy. Her character just isn't clicking for me yet.

I'mma keep watching though.

but the kids don't deliver jokes as well.

His "what outfit should i wear? Black for a somber occasion or white for virgin ass?" killed me.

boss dude was all like, we need to spank to stay competitive and all that...

and then when dude said HE was gonna do it they all flipped and said, 'we meant in the ABSTRACT'

that was a big undercurrent of the convo on here.

and how when dude went around the table asking for other ppls experiences they were coming with off the wall shit (i got hit by a rolling pin).

i thought it was very well done.



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I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just
focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and
not having much to show for it. (c) mad

>boss dude was all like, we need to spank to stay competitive
>and all that...
>
>and then when dude said HE was gonna do it they all flipped
>and said, 'we meant in the ABSTRACT'
>
>that was a big undercurrent of the convo on here.
>
>and how when dude went around the table asking for other ppls
>experiences they were coming with off the wall shit (i got hit
>by a rolling pin).
>
>i thought it was very well done.


the racism during the convo
i'm korean, born in the US
the yes it should be done!
wait we didn't mean YOU should do it
and wait we LIKE that particular child
as a group
(yes seen this one and DONE it oop)
dont spank THAT one


the child turning out the same spanking or no spanking
and both being given the blame
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vs getting whoopins => homeless without the mangy dog.

Hardest laugh of the night for me. lol

She needs to win the Young Artists' Award this year.

She is killing it.

Hearts be circling my head when I watch her.

btouch knows what I'm talking about.

Dian Johnson is similar to a younger version of her.

But after ol girl went to the hospital I was sold.

They shined on this episode tho.

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welp.. this should be interesting

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-10-07-anderson-rape-charges_x.htm

That little girl consistently delivers.

very ignored form of punishment for some reason

they used tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYDYrdiYX8

But nicely telegraphed though
And the convo

"I do know RuPaul"
Dude! Lol!
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I know they didn't pay. I just thought it was a little obvious they stole the exact same bit. They could have changed it up a bit with the set up.

microtargeting analysis.

and the other 16% think its messed up.

i hollared.


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Dionne Warwick, WTF!!!

trash can, yo.

and when they was talking afterwards, i was cryin.

this was a great episode.


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I got homeboys like dat... especially when wifey ain't home.

plus happily admitting that he punched ole boy...

The little daughter is so funny.

Seriously, she has timing and delivery. she KILLS her lines
This show has really grown on me. I hated the first ep but now look forward to it. I like AA on it, still feel theres no chemistry between him and Tracee Ellis Ross, but the writing is good enough. the kids and the grandparents are the highlights to me

I would never watch Empire, but they're cutting into the potential Blackish audience

anyway, tonight's episode will be TV's version of Jone on an OKP Friday

Junior finna show out

thanks to OKP.

im back on it.


sidenote

TER character is like the idea TV wife right now

He even kilt his own dad lol...but dad fired back with a final snap that laid me clean out...

"You so white, you're the light people see after they die."

And the nigga called him middle-aged Jimmy Neutron. That shit wasn't even fair.



"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

I left the room

would have gone for 'grey grimace' because of the alliteration. that ni&&a do look hella grimacey, doe.

that snap been used before in my circles. that's a classic.

my kids was laughin at that shit when junior was going in on his pops and i hit them wit the 'Y'ALL DO KNOW that if you tried that it would be thermonuclear war up in here, right? i would oblitrate y'all on the spot'.

overall, the ep was a nice spin on the mfers who be teachin they kids karate to do self defense, and they end up beating ni&&as down.

i'm mad they let the bully go upside his head at the end.


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i dont think ive laughed that hard at a single line on tv in awhile.
i was dyin.

"If you wanna help us, fine. Sit down with your kids and make 'em study at night...otherwise, shoot THIS mothaf*cka!" (c) Morgan Freeman,

Hell Naw FOB aint better than this, and FOB is good

also I'm kinda disappointed I gave my eyes and ears to Empire over this. Trust I enjoyed Empire for all it's foolishness and I hope it lives a long rachet-y life, but Black-ish better

the acting, the chemistry, the jokes, and Lawrence be killin me with his one liners. it's just good ep after good ep

Blackish is funny as fuck and keeps getting better.

They really need to do something about this Empire time slot.

Shit ain't fair.

terence is an abuser
lol

there that was easy
meanwhile i regret switching for similar reasons
empire was fun but not that much fun
sheesh

i wonder if its finally time to drop scandal and empire
it has momentum
they don't need my support
i like being mary jane of the three the most anyway
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and I forget what night it's on and to watch :/

never got on the Scandal train

did y'all catch the shade they threw at Lee Daniel's Precious movie. Shit was clever

its such a good show
pretty meaty and weighty


totally did not catch the diss btw
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The oldest boy is still my fave tho. He kills me.

>The oldest boy is still my fave tho. He kills me.

He's my favorite of all the kids...