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by Michael Arceneaux onMarch 15, 2013
News of an upcoming film adaptation of the '70s sitcom leaves Ebony's Michael Arceneaux saying, "Damn, damn, damn, James!"
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by Hillary Crosley onMarch 14, 2013
Good Times is getting a big-screen remake -- let's hope these sitcoms don't meet the same fate.
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by Michael Arceneaux onMarch 19, 2012
Michael Arceneaux, writing for Salon, asks why there aren't any realistic African-American comedies featuring working-class families. He's tired of seeing minorities depicted in the comfy confines of upper-middle-class life.
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by Madison Gray onOctober 28, 2011
Why can't we have comedies like Good Times, in which the characters tackle substantive issues?
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by Madison Gray onOctober 28, 2011
Why can't we have comedies like Good Times, in which the characters tackle substantive issues?
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by Genetta M. Adams onOctober 28, 2011
It's OK that Reed Between the Lines is an idealized depiction of black life.
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by Zaheer Ali onJanuary 6, 2011
The seminal TV show rode a wave of black achievement to challenge racial stereotypes. But Katie Couric's well-intentioned statements to the contrary, American Muslims will need more than a situation comedy to counter Islamophobia.
