I miss seeing black people on TV. I say it often and loudly to anyone who will listen. My memories of growing up watching TV included tuning in to see a variety of faces that looked like mine. There were black sitcoms (Martin, Living Single, A Different World) and sitcoms that just happened to have black casts (The Cosby Show, Family Matters) but we were represented. Today, aside from subpar offerings from Tyler Perry’s cadre of mediocre actors and treacly plotlines, black people have been relegated to the background as supporting actors in largely white casts.
So let’s revisit the 1980s. Let’s talk about that glorious moment in time when television studios didn’t find it so outlandish to think white audiences would tune in to watch black people on TV.
Because she is the definition of hot mess right now. Ain’t she the oldest bitch in the club? She spends every episode acting like a high school chickenhead on the corner cutting math class. She better be glad this is Real Housewives of Atlanta and not Basketball Wives, because one of those birds woulda BEEN chopped this heffah up.
That whiny little pompous brat went off on Honey Boo Boo in this month’s GQ for no reason other than he’s a huge dick.
“Seriously, Honey Boo Boo is the DECAY of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn’t mean it’s good. So many people witness atrocities and can’t take their eyes away from them, but that doesn’t mean they’re good. That show is literally The. Worst. Thing. That’s. Ever. Happened. It’s complete f#@*ing ignorance and the most despicable way to treat your kids. F#@* those people. You can put that in the magazine: F#@* those idiots. They’re just the worst. Sorry, I’m so sensitive to that—like, I don’t know, man, it’s upsetting. Just to clarify, I said, “F#@* THOSE PEOPLE.”
Anyone who doesn’t think so can choke on the tears of Taylor Swift’s failed relationships. Carrie Underwood is a goddess and we should be thanking her for agreeing to play Maria von Trapp next year. At least this way nobody had the chance to say, “Oo we should ask Beyonce.”
The Walking Dead aka The Expendable Rotating Cast of Lone Black Men Show had its mid-season finale.
Did TV shows take hiatuses when I was growing up? I feel like the season started. And then the season ended. Period. Now all my favorite shows are doing that whole “We’ll be back in February!” foolishness. That is one hell of a holiday break. Can I take a break from work from December to February?
I couldn’t stand Jersey Shore, but OMG THAT BLACK LADY. I didn’t even know they had black people in West Virginia. I mean, I’m sure they have some but enough to where they randomly appear in a reality show about hillbillies? Y’all. That lady look like Sweet Brown and Ronald McDonald had a baby.
Kenya Moore went to Anguilla and let some white lady do her hair!
