Good Times Series

I was watching Good Times, which was an African American sitcom based in the city of Chicago in the projects, and something dawned on me, no only is this a very stereotyped sitcom but it's also a very "not-true" stereotyped sitcom. What I mean is that the Evans Family, who are, of course, the main characters in the series, are predicted as strong, loving supporting black family, as every family should be, but to me it seems the way they are depicted as being happy in the projects troubles me. The sitcom does portray a hint of "settling for less", but other than that, it also depicts though, never shown in the series, how blacks fall victim into living in the projects. They fall victim to warfare, mugging, crimes and other sort. The sitcom started to be known as domestic comedy, but there was always comic relief with the oldest son of the Evans family J.J. Evans played by Jimmie Walker. Check out the link to an article about Good Times and a video clip.

Good Times: U.S. Domestic Comedy