I never watch any of the episodes in The Cosby
Show; however, after reading this article, I found it interesting to watch in
the future. This is also my first time hearing the name of this TV sitcom. To
me, this TV show seems unique because it portrayed the main characters as an
upper, middle class African American marriage couple. As the media revealed, we
tend to see African American as lower class or low income family. However, this
show is different even though it came out more than a decade ago. This TV show
presented some of the racial discrimination concepts through the use of comedy.
One of the criticisms that the articled included is the Huxtable family in The
Cosby Show acts “just like white people”, which I found it shocking because it is
hinting in a way that they are trying to behave in “whiteness”. Even
though they are just an upper-middle class African American family, it doesn’t make
them seem like white. Although, the show is a success, it still has many
criticisms as to show the real scenarios of real experience as a typical black Americans.
What makes the TV show important along
portraying the significance as being an upper-middle class family?
Do you think the show will still be popular
if it just aired recently in the media while making as much impacts as it was
aired in 1984?
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