Culture Netflix, Seth McFarlane accused of racism over new animated Good Times reboot - Controversy surrounding the show has resulted in a petition to boycott its release.

Outrage ensued on Wednesday after Netflix and Seth MacFarlane released the trailer for its upcoming animated reboot of the Good Times series, as many claimed the show portrayed racist stereotypes of black people.

In a post on X, Netflix revealed the official trailer for the show set to premiere April 12. One scene of the video shows a character praying to a "black heavenly father" before going into a montage of criminal activity.

JB Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jay Pharoah, Slink Johnson, Marsai Martin, and Wanda Sykes star in an irreverent reimagining of the TV classic Good Times. From Ranada Shepard and EPs Stephen Curry, Norman Lear, and Seth MacFarlane. Premiering April 12.

In one part, it shows a young, white girl telling a black man that his neighborhood is "a s**thole" before a narrator says the system "put the guns and drugs on the street" and shows gang violence taking place.

"What about the struggle?" one character said. The other responded, "We're black, it will be here tomorrow."

Then to close out the trailer, it portrays young babies as gangsters, where three of them proceed to shoot at each other to a background track that says "all black, everything black."

Following controversy, a change.org petition was started to call for a boycott of the show. Alistair Fannell, who started the petition, wrote, "The New Good Times animated series on Netflix is a glorified stereotypical show that has damaged the image of the original Good Times family show that started in 1974 through 1979."

"The New Good Times animated series promotes violence, culture destruction of the Black community and alcohol abuse," he noted. "It’s time to put a stop to this nonsense that is portraying Black Americans in a negative light through these shows; could lead to bad outcomes towards our youth potential Police brutalities and an increase of the prison population industry.

One of the comments under the post said the show "glorifies the degenerate, destructive behavior some in our community engage in, and tries to portray this a normal behavior."

Another social media user pointed out, "The goal of the original Good Times show was to disrupt the flow of negative stereotypes about black families." They added, "This remake does the opposite, it promotes and amplifies the most negative stereotypes of black families."



"A drug dealing baby? I don’t mind a story of the ghetto or hood lifestyle, but this is what y’all thought was a ‘good time’?" another user said.



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[Tasty Tatty]

The fuck is this shit?

The original Good Times was about a poor but loving black family trying to make the best out of their difficult living situation, and the triumphs and tribulations they go through while doing so.

What does this cynical, disgusting, ghetto cartoon have to do with the sitcom??

The original was from the 70s. Back then until the 90s, sitcoms promoted families and family values, including black families: Fresh Prince, Cosby Show, Family Matters, etc. People wanted to watch that.

Now, shows are about degeneracy, violence and sex. And whenever families are portrayed, they're dysfunctional and evil. The Bundys were dysfunctional, but they loved each other and did no harm to others that wasn't for the sake of comedy. The current Fresh Prince reboot makes uncle Phil a mafia boss, I think.

 

[God of Nothing]

The current Fresh Prince reboot makes uncle Phil a mafia boss, I think.

i still think this is parody whenever i hear it
what the fuck?
phil doesn't tolerate nigger behavior, much less criminal behavior

 

[Tasty Tatty]

i still think this is parody whenever i hear it
what the fuck?
phil doesn't tolerate nigger behavior, much less criminal behavior

Back when original Prince aired, uncle Phil was an aspirational role model for blacks, specially those who didn't have a father. Not just him, Danny Tanner, Jack Arnold, etc.

Blacks have degenerated so bad that they don't see this as aspirational, but rather become exactly what new Phill is: powerful criminals who get away with it.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I smell the spirit of Uncle Ruckus in this here niggery cartoon

A few minutes later...

https://www.change.org/p/boycott-the-new-good-times-animation-show-on-netflix

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2092525/

The writer for this produced most episodes of the Boondocks show.

The dude did The Boondocks and Black Dynamite. So yeah, this might actually be funny.

Like poetry, it rhymes. Uncle Ruckus really did write the show!

 

[The Last Stand]

Now, shows are about degeneracy, violence and sex. And whenever families are portrayed, they're dysfunctional and evil. The Bundys were dysfunctional, but they loved each other and did no harm to others that wasn't for the sake of comedy. The current Fresh Prince reboot makes uncle Phil a mafia boss, I think.

You know, I cannot think of any modern show that portrays families in a positive light. Family Guy used to have Peter do antics, but never with malicious intent at the expense of the people around them. They were the average American satirical family: dysfunctional, flawed, but loving and understanding to each other at the end of the day.

What bothers me about this show is it takes a good foundation like Good Times and negatively generalizates it into cheap, crime ridden Black jokes with no morals or lessons.

 

[Cyclonus]

Are you forgetting about how they treat Meg?

 

[RodgerDodger]

i still think this is parody whenever i hear it
what the fuck?
phil doesn't tolerate nigger behavior, much less criminal behavior

Wasn't Uncle Phil literally a Judge on the old show?

 

[Curzon Dax-sama]

Wasn't Uncle Phil literally a Judge on the old show?

Lawyer first, then judge. But yeah, Uncle Phil is a good role model either way.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

You know, I cannot think of any modern show that portrays families in a positive light.

Bob's burgers continues to keep the family tight. Bluye is family positive. Spy x Family is also family oriented and portrays parenthood as a great thing.

 

[Kulee Baba]

The original was from the 70s. Back then until the 90s, sitcoms promoted families and family values, including black families: Fresh Prince, Cosby Show, Family Matters, etc. People wanted to watch that.

Now, shows are about degeneracy, violence and sex. And whenever families are portrayed, they're dysfunctional and evil. The Bundys were dysfunctional, but they loved each other and did no harm to others that wasn't for the sake of comedy. The current Fresh Prince reboot makes uncle Phil a mafia boss, I think.

Wow, you just triggered an ancient memory in my head; I remember my 3rd Grade teacher having an impromptu rant over The Simpsons which she declared to be the worst show ever. She hated that Bart Simpson was insanely rude to his parents but especially to Homer. I can't remember why she started talking Simpsons but she told the whole class to not watch such bad tv.

 

[Testacles Maximus]

That concept is without a doubt lifted from Dave Chappelle’s standup.

I loved that bit.

 

[Sekirodiealot]

So Seth McFarlane only produced the show, but everyone else involved is black. They just pinpointed the white guy on the team as a source of the "racism" instead of what's presented as being modern black culture.

Pretty much. If he was black, people the journo would've been praising it.

 

[Tinnitus]

Wow, you just triggered an ancient memory in my head; I remember my 3rd Grade teacher having an impromptu rant over The Simpsons which she declared to be the worst show ever. She hated that Bart Simpson was insanely rude to his parents but especially to Homer. I can't remember why she started talking Simpsons but she told the whole class to not watch such bad tv.

She probably hasn't seen Caillou then.

If you wish to ruin your children just make them watch the little cancer patient.

Anyways the Good Times reboot is what people deserve after giving Buy Large Mansions so much money.

 

[Morethanabitfoolish]

Now then you mention it, I don't want to imagine a Family Matters remake because it'll be more harder to outdone the Urkel reboot done by SNL.

Pretty funny. I'd like to say I'd watch that but it runs into the below.

What bothers me about this show is it takes a good foundation like Good Times and negatively generalizates it into cheap, crime ridden Black jokes with no morals or lessons.

I think there's very few shows aimed at young adults/teenagers now where a stable and loving family exists. The closest you get are the found family units but most of those are less caring and more enabling. They very rarely call out destructive behaviour until after things go terribly wrong and instead enable it up until then.

 

[MirrorNoir]

It is funny that the end of the article is about how offensively unfunny it is to have “drug dealer babies.” That concept is without a doubt lifted from Dave Chappelle’s standup.

To make a satire you have to give a ballsy writer creative freedom to offend. The MLK speech is something I don’t believe any other show could have gotten away with. McGruder pulled it off because he’s black and the cartoon was only being watched by stoners at 1 AM.

But beyond that this is just a soulless cashin project, for crying out loud why would anyone bust their ass or risk controversy and make something interesting when Seth McFarlane and Norman Lear’s estate are going to get the profits? Pretty much all good cartoon sitcoms are run by the creator/exec producer who are motivated because they’ll make insane money off a hit.

Hey Lois remember that time when Seth was going to produce a new Flintstones Cartoon? And that amusingly annoyed the Aqua Teen crew enough to mock such a lame concept?

Seth is a stupidly wealthy Hollywood jackoff and part of his business is making deals with the studios to produce more content. Just getting a greenlight to make a pilot means serious money. Pretty sure Seth has only been a voice actor for all his TV Shows excluding Orville which was his Star Trek wish fulfillment.

I wanted to pretend to be neutral while writing about Seth but I can’t lie to myself I really do hate the guy. He likes to pretend he’s daring, rebellious and then he went on Larry King to say “Making fun of Mohammed could get you killed so South Park shouldn’t do that.”

1. Boondocks got away with "Return of the King" because it was what people EXPECTED from the show, not the minstrel/CW comedy crap that McGruder spent years denouncing in the comic strip that the cartoon version of the Boondocks was 99% of the time.

2. Seth McFarland signing on to remake the Flintstones was akin to Gus Van Saint remaking Psycho; done to try and damage control and prevent a hack from getting the job and raping the source material. But while Gus managed to prevent it for another couple of decades (as seen with the woke Psycho TV show Bates Motel), Seth got kicked off the project after a couple of years fighting to make a proper remake and not an edgelord fest like Fox wanted and now it's in the hands of the talentless woke cunt Elizabeth Banks who intends on making a edgelord version of the Pebbles and Bambam show.

 

[Kulee Baba]

Seth McFarland signing on to remake the Flintstones was akin to Gus Van Saint remaking Psycho; done to try and damage control and prevent a hack from getting the job and raping the source material. But while Gus managed to prevent it for another couple of decades (as seen with the woke Psycho TV show Bates Motel), Seth got kicked off the project after a couple of years fighting to make a proper remake and not an edgelord fest like Fox wanted and now it's in the hands of the talentless woke cunt Elizabeth Banks who intends on making a edgelord version of the Pebbles and Bambam show.

While I like your spin I think it's a heroic fable that doesn't exist in Hollywood.

Not that I'm an insider but it seems producers get together and pitch a concept; "Let's bring back The Flintstones to Primetime! This will be an instant hit with Seth McFarlane and outrageous brand of humor bringing the Stone Age to the Digital Age!" A bunch of suits shake their heads, they give a nice check to develop it into a pilot with test animations and etc. Good Times is the same situation except it doesn't cost Flintstones licensing so Netflix Greenlit a full season. At the end of the day Seth makes another giant check, Norman Lear's estate gets money, lots of people get paid.

It's show business. Anything that could be rehashed for quick profit will.

 

[Caesare]

Ironically, the only reason I even know what Good Times even is is from a Family Guy cutaway:

Mine was from Drawn Together.

Good times was what played on Nick at Night when I was a kid. That and stuff like the Brady Bunch. I'm no Good Times expert, but it was nothing like what they're describing about the trailer for this cartoon.

It was basically a show about a decent, Christian, working class family. In other words, it was more wholesome and portrayed better morals than 98% of current year, "family" TV shows no matter what race they involve.

I never watched Good Times but I did see some episodes of Sanford & Son

Redd Fox and Sanford and Son was great because he called Lamont's shady friend Rollo a "no good nigger" all the time. He also referred to Chinese food as "chink food" and had no use for Julio's 3rd world, Mexican antics.

In other words, he was an Archie Bunker type character, only with yellow skin. Yes, he was Yellow, not black. Maybe more red when he was younger. Probably how he got the nickname.

 

[Toilet seats vendor]

So it's true, all we see today is violence in movies and sex on TV...

 

[one_time_user]

Where were all of these people when Hollywood decided to shit all over the Fresh Prince of Bel Aire?

 

[The Ugly One]

The fuck is this shit?

The original Good Times was about a poor but loving black family trying to make the best out of their difficult living situation, and the triumphs and tribulations they go through while doing so.

What does this cynical, disgusting, ghetto cartoon have to do with the sitcom??

The original Good Times was a white fantasy about what black people should be like. The new Good Times is about what black people are actually like.

"Racist stereotype" is just newspeak for "accurate portrayal."