Growing up watching The Cosby Show, Family Matters, and Fresh Prince of Belair, was nothing out of the ordinary. As a child I wanted about 5 kids when I got married, a dog, and a quirky neighbor kid who’d come over unannounced to annoy everyone in the household. Fast foward about 20 years (give or take) and now our kids aspire to be successful, yet lonely business men and women who from time to time sleep with someone who’s married.
Besides Disney Channel, NickTeen, & Nick Jr. my daughter rarely gets to peek at “prime time television”. She’s too busy watching a show about a Dog with a Blog or something of the sort. However, on the rare instances she walks into my bedroom, or glances at the TV walking through the living room I wonder how much she takes in. It worries me greatly that there is nothing with real substance on TV, look at me…sounding like a mom…
Is it so bad to long for the days where the black family was something that was once normal in the TV world? That brings another thought/question, perhaps modeling ourselves behind what we see on TV has never been a good idea, I’ll admit that, but its an even more horrible idea these days.
With all the directing experience I have (none) I am going to make it my life mission to write, direct, produce and co-produce, a hit sitcom that features a successful black family that gets airplay on network TV (Fox, ABC, NBC). Parents, until I am able to complete this mission I need you to make sure that the example you’re setting is much more powerful than the ones shown on TV.
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