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Date Posted: 23:05:16 04/17/13 Wed
Author: Jimmy
Subject: Re: Are some stories TOO liberal?
In reply to: Jarrod 's message, "Are some stories TOO liberal?" on 13:08:12 04/17/13 Wed

Care to cite any specific examples?

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[> [> Re: Are some stories TOO liberal? -- Jarrod (McDonald), 17:17:20 04/18/13 Thu [1]

The one that prompted me to start the thread was 'El Jefe.' The victims are hispanic, and the villain is white. Of course, the villain could not be another hispanic. Every time I see an episode from the late 60s or early 70s where the guest star is hispanic or black, I know it's going to be one of 'these kinds' of stories. I think if they really were trying to integrate multicultural themes, they should have had some townspeople or nearby farmers who were black or hispanic who existed in the background of various episodes and came to the front for an occasional story. Instead, we get these episodes where they make a statement, then the characters are never seen or heard from again. Even the Italian wine-making family just disappeared (I know the goal was to have a spin-off with them which did not get picked up by the network), but they also disappear, after much has been made about their ethnic different-ness. And they certainly were very stereotyped. In short, I think these types of characters and stories are among the weakest of the show.


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