It startled me how overtly racist the movie was, but in a mocking way.
Then you must not have known anything about it beforehand, lol. That’s like saying you watched Spaceballs and were startled by how referential it was to other sci-fi movies, but in a mocking way. Like, yeah, that’s literally the whole point of the movie.
Just because you were talking about SF parodies and (indirectly) the 1970’s, I’m going to bring up Quark, a 1970’s SF parody TV series about the crew of an interstellar garbage scow.
I had forgotten how movies and shows depicted racism in the past. Especially media with wide audiences. Shows like “Good Times,” and the “Jeffersons,” were mainstream. Not to say things like that aren’t made today. But they are targeted to specific audiences. Media back then was intended to be consumed by everyone.
I don’t agree with that at all. The Jeffersons and especially Good Times were considered to be shows for a black audience. They did have a significant white audience, but they were not considered to be programs directed for a universal audience.
It really wasn’t until “The Cosby Show” where a show with a majority black cast had appeal with white people as much as it did with black people.
I am generalizing. All in the Family? We had 3 channels and the Jeffersons was on one of them. I watched it. Now, we have so many choices in media, I can stay in my bubble and never watch a RomCom again (until my MIL visits).
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy it. But it feels like we have lost the cohesiveness in our media that brings us together. Remember the last episode of MASH? Practically the whole country watched that.
Then you must not have known anything about it beforehand, lol. That’s like saying you watched Spaceballs and were startled by how referential it was to other sci-fi movies, but in a mocking way. Like, yeah, that’s literally the whole point of the movie.
Wait, Spaceballs was a parody of Star Wars?
…shit
Tuvak!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7TnQBSV00
Don’t forget Star Trek, Alien, and Planet of the Apes! And others I’m sure, that’s just what I can remember.
Just because you were talking about SF parodies and (indirectly) the 1970’s, I’m going to bring up Quark, a 1970’s SF parody TV series about the crew of an interstellar garbage scow.
I wonder if that provided any inspiration for Space Quest 5.
Or Red Dwarf!
I had forgotten how movies and shows depicted racism in the past. Especially media with wide audiences. Shows like “Good Times,” and the “Jeffersons,” were mainstream. Not to say things like that aren’t made today. But they are targeted to specific audiences. Media back then was intended to be consumed by everyone.
I don’t agree with that at all. The Jeffersons and especially Good Times were considered to be shows for a black audience. They did have a significant white audience, but they were not considered to be programs directed for a universal audience.
It really wasn’t until “The Cosby Show” where a show with a majority black cast had appeal with white people as much as it did with black people.
I am generalizing. All in the Family? We had 3 channels and the Jeffersons was on one of them. I watched it. Now, we have so many choices in media, I can stay in my bubble and never watch a RomCom again (until my MIL visits).
Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy it. But it feels like we have lost the cohesiveness in our media that brings us together. Remember the last episode of MASH? Practically the whole country watched that.