celeb news SNL monologue calling out lack of black people in Friends goes viral

[naval23]

 

[WildAmerican]

true, but this is not a unique take, ppl have been saying this for 20+ years.

[MonsterJohn]

Admittedly yes, but whenever black people show up on the show, they were portraited in positive light eg. Ross gf, Joey neighbor

[LoveInStereo]

Why not single out the cast of a show that’s still in production that lacks diversity? It’s true but what exactly are they able to do about it now?

[LatinFreak]

yawn... the shows been over for almost 20 years. let it rest.

[Click Clack]

the FUMES in here already  

[fridayteenage]

does her show have latinx and asian people? 

[Alyssa Edwards]

everyone in the audience must have pee'd themselves

 

[popmusicisdead]

 

[helikesitheymikey]

How many times do we have to hear this? Yes, anyone who cares knows about this topic. Friends is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. There is nothing anyone can say to change that. Trying to drag it down, 20 years later isn’t going to do anything.

[MadonnasBoyfriend]

Can freinds be forgotten already

[AvadaKedavra]

Hmmm but i see only white and black people in her show.



Where are the latinos? east asians? middle eastern? gays?
Thats problematic. Not diverse enough quinta

[R`0`K`R]

It was joke. People gettIng bothered by it here

 

i love this woman so much. She is a much needed talent in todays industry. 

[family.guy123]

How edgy. And incorrect lol. I literally thought she was on Friends 

[MAKSIM]

Not a 30 year old joke.

[Gui Blackout]

This is the best joke she could come up with? 

[supaspaz]

Scintillating stuff for 2023!

[Smarticle]

people mad cause she's saying what other people have been saying?

[san784]

30 minutes ago, MonsterJohn said:

Admittedly yes, but whenever black people show up on the show, they were portraited in positive light eg. Ross gf, Joey neighbor

Black people only showed up on the show after there were complaints about the lack of diversity on the show

[san784]

20 minutes ago, AvadaKedavra said:

Hmmm but i see only white and black people in her show.



Where are the latinos? east asians? middle eastern? gays?
Thats problematic. Not diverse enough quinta

It wasn’t so much that the main cast didn’t have black people but the argument has always been that they were not even black background characters and/or guests and the show was base in New York where they are plenty black people. I don’t know anything about abbott elementary but maybe they have diverse guests and background characters. Besides, this argument is dumb. That’s like people getting mad about BET or HBCUs when the reason black only spaces exist was because black people weren’t allowed in white spaces to begin with. There is nothing wrong with black people creating their own spaces as a result of being rejected by the majority group. 

Edited April 2, 2023 by san784

[Tusk]

Do Seinfeld next, Queen.

[Donquizote]

31 minutes ago, helikesitheymikey said:

How many times do we have to hear this? Yes, anyone who cares knows about this topic. Friends is one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. There is nothing anyone can say to change that. Trying to drag it down, 20 years later isn’t going to do anything.

[Hot Volcano]

This is such a tired narrative

 

I'm from Eastern Europe, I grew up on Family Matters and Fresh Prince reruns, those were as popular as Friends. So there was africanamerican representation during that time. And keep in mind that during the 90s, like 7% of the US population was black, its quite normal for some shows to have just white characters when the population is overwhelmingly white

[Sazare]

34 minutes ago, MadonnasBoyfriend said:

Can freinds be forgotten already

This, awful show tbh 

[FolkLover1989]

Once again proven that Friends is the most relevant show of all time