![]() Update 10/30/14: The show has proved that it is consistently funny. ![]() ![]() The youngest daughter, Diane, is hilarious she possesses a comic timing that far surpasses her age. And the writers are mining laughs far outside the topic of race. I hope this show pursues the path it is on. And it eventually shows that humanity trumps "blackness". "Black-ish" reveals that the father's discontent is a generational thing-something all of us feel who realize that young people cannot identify with the values and events of earlier generations. He says, "They (the younger generation) have nothing left to struggle for." The mother replies, "Can't that be a good thing?" And he answers, "No!" This show reveals some truths without spelling them out, like "All in the Family" did so well. Like the Cosby family, this family speaks the Queen's English, and they prove to be rather genteel, despite the father's attempts to reconnect with "the struggle". And I found "Black-ish" to be a very enjoyable comedy that had me laughing out loud numerous times. But one episode does not a series make, so I watched the third. I don't remember what made me give it another chance, but I decided to watch the second episode and I was pleasantly surprised. But the show is titled "Black-ish" and it is appropriately titled. It's an unfortunate pilot that leads viewers to think that the entire show will be a narrow diatribe on "blackness". Like some other reviewers here, when I watched the first episode, I turned it off after about ten minutes.
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