i never watched "Friends", but remember being on a plane somewhere and it was shown. When I saw the nerdy Ross and the goofy Joey fighting over Aisha Tyler, I thought, "Talk about white male fantasies!" That show never reflected any reality of mine or any aspects of the NYC I've visited several times
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 8, 2010 10:03:24 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Caprica/BSG -- Where the Brothers At? I remember having this conversation with a black, female native New Yorker just before the turn of the millennium. We got into a heated argument regarding whether "Friends" or "Mad About You" was a more accurate depictions of NY City. I championed MAY because the Buchmans, as portrayed by Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt, actually seemed to be living in a city where minorities and (gasp!) poor people existed - and they were suitably edgy about it. Further, there appeared to be black people in the NYC of MAY and not just as single shot girlfriends for David Schwimmer's Dr. Ross (and, what was up with that? Ross gets to hit both Aisha Tyler and Gabrielle Union? I mean, seriously? No, I mean, fo real, doh!) ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: > > I think Caucasian writers never think of people of color unless they > socialize with them. How else do we end up with tv shows like Seinfeld and > Friends? NYC is extremely diverse and yet you have two examples of a show > where even the extras are 98% white. > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > Adrianne, I write Afrocentric from my protagonists' standpoint, but my > > supporting characters are of all races, drawing from my own past. In > > defense > > of Caucasian writers, they may not be able to bridge that divide for the > > same reason. There simply may be no one of color in their circle for them > > to > > draw on example-wise, even in this exalted day and age. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > > now. < http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >
