Amos n Andy

It was pulled from syndication and banned in 1965.

Ahh fair I honestly know the bare minimum I avoid the shit like a dumpster fire

This is amazing. I can't wait to watch these scenes. Thank you for writing this up!

> Back on to the topic of racism - you've specifically used that word to describe the humor of the show, so you agree it's based around the idea of mocking, humiliating, and shaming someone for their skin color. You'd have to go pretty far back to find a show where the main characters are gleefully mocking someone's race, and expecting the audience to agree and laugh with them. Why is that suddenly acceptable in 2023?

The last wide broadcast show to do that was Amos and Andy, which was essentially a minstrel show. You can make a good argument that Velma is a modern day version of a minstrel show with how it mocks physical and cultural traits - by people that aren’t that race/sexuality - in the meanest manner of mockery possible - all for laughs.

It’s going over as well as a modern remake of a minstrel show, so that’s ok I guess.

The main reason I don't think that's probably true, is that YouTubers don't really have a reputation in the industry they'd like to uphold.

I watched the first episode and thought it was fun. I didn’t mind the race switch and other changes. But I was never big with the original, so maybe that’s a factor.

This show always came on in the afternoons in the summer on comedy central in my childhood. I never got into it, I was too young to "get it". Maybe I should give it another try.

Stede and Edward in Our Flag Means Death. That romance came on unexpectedly and drastically elevated the show. And it turns out there is a whole bunch of historical precedent for pirates, Blackbeard specifically, to have been involved in gay relationships.

Absolutely cannot wait for season 2.

SKAM sort of tried a multi-platform thing, but they didn't take it to it's logical conclusion.

I have quite a few throughout my years of watching TV shows, but my overall favourite would have to be Naomi and Emily from Skins, season 3 - 7.

They're undeniably one of the greatest relationship stories coming out of Skins. Even if you were to separate all the Naomily-related scenes from everything else in the series, it'd still make a fantastic romance movie/miniseries, one that's well-developed, taking us through flowery heart-warming days to gloomy and heart-breaking ones. It starts out as a cheesy and maybe even cliché 'gay girl have crush on straight girl' plot, but I think what made this one work from the get-go is that the series established that these 2 already had some 'awkward history' before the point where they see them first. Obviously the inevitable happens, but the subtle intricacy I think most viewers might not have noticed with Naomi and Emily is how both girls used each other as bridges to 'get away' from their complicated home lives. With Emily being seen as nothing more than her sister's shadow by her family who doesn't accept her for who she is, and Naomi whose mother comes and goes as she pleases and seemingly doesn't care about what Naomi wants, both girls were able to find themselves with each other.

Both Naomi and Emily's character development were done within the bounds of their relationship, and it is quite impressive when you see how much they changed throughout the series. A great relationship doesn't come without relationship drama though, so by the end of their story they'd gone through tender, heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, sweet, emotional and even sadder moments. Everything was executed perfectly; from their lustrous and tender lake scene, to the dark and gloomy tone of Emily's monologue on the edge of that rooftop, to Naomi's touching confession of love at the end of their school days, to the very poignant hospital scene where one girl is devastated about possibly having to see the love of her life for the final time, while the other feels the same about breaking her heart again.

> It's like a video game where you see a large chest and you go up to it and whoops, you need the season pass to open it.

Is this a real thing? If so, damn, that's ridiculous.

Like wizard of?

Dark comedy. Solid action. Excellent show.

She’s not even a writer or show creator. Just an EP because she has money and fame.

Ooh I haven't seen. Any scenes to point me towards?

Mad About You was a pretty realistic portrayal of marriage.

Kevin and Nora in The Leftovers. It's magnificent.

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I guess Reddit is part of the small minority that liked the show on Rotten Tomatoes.

Yep.

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Jesus Christ

>I can think of some really cool military style opps scenes but no full fledged army on army, multi battle, out and out "wars"

Do tell!

>nswers so far have all been historical

I am specifically looking for those though.

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