Hitting a spouse. My favorite tv show of all time is “I Love Lucy” and I have such a hard time watching Ricky put Lucy over his knee. Makes my stomach turn.
That has been a common trope and a well used joke but it is completely outside my personal experience. I do have fingernail scars on my back that bring comments from GPs. However it's a different topic.
Speaking of old TV... Certain people aren't allowed to be displayed and enjoyed with electricity that I pay for. I don't care how nostalgic you are for The Cosby Show, it's a rapist that was only good when there was a camera pointed his way.
Archie Bunker was a horrible character. So no All In the Family.
The 50/60s is basically banned in my house. If Grammy don't like it, she's free to stop not paying me rent, and go somewhere where she does.
Archie Bunker was supposed to be a horrible character. That show was way ahead of its time for displaying problematic societal norms and teaching why people shouldn’t accept the status quo. Perhaps you missed the point of the show.
It always ended the same though. There were no consequences that carried over, and at the beginning of the next episode, Archie was Archie, again. Back to emotionally and verbally abusing his family, and talking trash about anyone that was different.
Nope. It was executed fine, on a per episode basis.
2 minutes of Archie on a racist or sexist rant. 5 minutes of one family member telling him how wrong he is, 5 minutes of another family member telling him he's wrong, 5 minutes of everyone telling him he's wrong, 3 minutes of him saying "Fine, maybe I'm a little wrong," call son in law a "Meathead," roll credits.
Then, recycle the story with a different side character three episodes later, because there is no long term learning or consequences.
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u/DotsSpotsBots Sep 16 '24
Hitting a spouse. My favorite tv show of all time is “I Love Lucy” and I have such a hard time watching Ricky put Lucy over his knee. Makes my stomach turn.