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Good moments returns—well, sort of. Netflix released the first trailer for its upcoming animated series, and it didn't go over well with social media.
The animated Good timeHis play focuses on the new generation of the Evans family. While the names have changed, the struggle for the Evans family remains the same.
Coming to the streaming platform on April 12, the adult-themed satirical cartoon stars JB Smoove (Reggie Evans), Yvette Nicole Brown (Beverly Evans), Jay Pharoah (Junior Evans), Marsai Martin (Grey Evans), Gerald “ Slink ” Johnson (Dalvin Evans) and Rashida “Sheedz” Olayiwola (Lashes by Lisa).
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The official synopsis of the show is as follows:
An animated reboot of the Norman Lear series finds the last generation of the Evans family, taxi driver Reggie and his wife, the ever-ambitious Beverly, scraping by and surviving in one of the last remaining housing projects in Chicago along with their teenage artist son. Junior, activist daughter Gray and drug dealing son Dalvin. It turns out that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and keeping your head above water in a knee-jerk system is as difficult as ever. The only thing tougher than life is love, but in this family there's more than enough to go around.
X Users do not feel Good moments
Negative reactions to the trailer were immediate, with many focusing on the fact that the likes of NBA hooper Steph Curry and Family Guy/American Dad Creator Seth McFarlane joins the project as producers who follow a family growing up on the projects, having never experienced this kind of life.
Other complaints center on the show not being a terrific recreation of the original 70s sitcom that is riddled with racial stereotypes, despite its mostly black cast and showrunner, Ranada Shepard.
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Many also felt that the show was trying to imitate The Boondocks' style, which is ironic because Boondock's Creator Carl Jones was involved with the show at one point, but revealed in a post on X that he left due to “creative differences.”
Yvette Nicole Brown even had to respond to people questioning her about being on the “racist” show.
He followed up with a thread telling them that he's not forcing them to watch the show and explaining why he took the role on the show.
Is Immediate Fallout justified?
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The immediate negative reactions to Good moments The trailer and people hoping the show fails also raises the question, are we being too hard on the TV shows and movies that appeal to us?
White people have shows like this all the time: King of the hill, The Simpsons, Family guyand American fatherand they all went on to be successful, spawning many eras.
All of these shows portray the tropes of White America in a funny and, at times, serious light.
So when it comes to a show like Good moments that's trying to do the same, even though we can't tell right off the bat based on a three-minute trailer, is that fair?
Good moments no different than Eddie Murphy's stop-motion-animation show The PJs or Jones The Boondocks; The main complaints seem to focus only on the names when it comes to the production aspect.
But as we legislate the original show, we can't ignore the fact that a white man was instrumental in getting that show on television across the country.
We'll reserve judgment and see if this show is Dy-No-Mite when it arrives next month.
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