tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390631773223390410.post1552827284311647612..comments2024-03-26T12:12:19.748-04:00Comments on A POP CULTURE ADDICT - IN REHAB: The Cosby ShowMatthew W. Turcottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480241304113540364noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6390631773223390410.post-45438476632559919062013-02-15T11:36:00.329-05:002013-02-15T11:36:00.329-05:00I agree that 'The Cosby Show' was a funny ...I agree that 'The Cosby Show' was a funny and well-written show, but I do find its avoidance of race issues a bit troubling - especially when remembering that the show was being aired during the Reagan years when blacks were especially hit with Reaganomics, and moments of strife and civil unrest. He created this hermetically-sealed cocoon where the Huxtables operated day-to-day without a passing glance at racial issues - I don't understand, for example how Claire didn't come up with problems at her job, or how Theo wasn't victimized by profiling. I think that given his platform, Mr. Cosby might've wasted an opportunity by enforcing a color blind aesthetic to the show (something he corrected in the more topical 'A Different World'). Also, given Cosby's success and the show's depiction of a wealthy black family, this show also gave ammunition to conservatives who wished to deny institutional racism, buy propping up Cosby and his show as examples of the "end of racism."<br />That being said, my favorite Huxtable was Claire - but I always had a soft spot for Kenny, especially when he had to play off Elaine Stritch as his acerbic teacher. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com