Diff'rent Strokes : Could a show like "Diff'rent Strokes" work today?
Re: Could a show like "Diff'rent Strokes" work today?
You would have to made it edgy in some way. For the time DS was made it was a different topic.
So today you would need to mix it up...
1/ Wealthy Muslim man/woman adopts 2 non Muslim kids, maybe even Jewish ones.
2/ Wealthy Black man/woman adopts 2 poor white kids.
The problem of course is the kids wouldn't be able to make any racial comparisons because now they wouldn't be black.
Sometimes a movie or tv show plot is so stupid that only the stupid can understand it.
So today you would need to mix it up...
1/ Wealthy Muslim man/woman adopts 2 non Muslim kids, maybe even Jewish ones.
2/ Wealthy Black man/woman adopts 2 poor white kids.
The problem of course is the kids wouldn't be able to make any racial comparisons because now they wouldn't be black.
Sometimes a movie or tv show plot is so stupid that only the stupid can understand it.
Re: Could a show like "Diff'rent Strokes" work today?
Nah, you keep Mr. D a white guy, but make him particularly clueless so he can be whitesplained to. The kids you definitely make muslim, so they have to teach Mr. D all about prayer rugs and haram and stuff he doesn't know (he's so ignorant) and they have to put Kimberly and the maids in burkas.
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Re: Could a show like "Diff'rent Strokes" work today?
Kimberly in a burqa until it comes time for her to educate the boys in "marital matters" anyway.
Sometimes a movie or tv show plot is so stupid that only the stupid can understand it.
Sometimes a movie or tv show plot is so stupid that only the stupid can understand it.
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Could a show like "Diff'rent Strokes" work today?
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