# 'Good Times' Racist reboot on Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [April 3, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790 "2024-04-03T20:08:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/1 "2024-04-03T20:08:35Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BMA2Kc7TiO0/maxresdefault.jpg "Good Times | Official Trailer | Netflix") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMA2Kc7TiO0&t=37s) I’ve only watched the original a handful of times, but this doesn’t look anywhere close to the source material. Norman Lear (the original’s producer), Stephen Curry(The basketball guy??), and Seth MacFarlane; What were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/2 "2024-04-03T20:15:21Z")
It seems like they tried to combine the absurdist sensibility of _Family Guy_ with the class satire of _Boondocks_ in an attempt to make the next _Bojack Horseman_ and missed the mark in both directions. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/3 "2024-04-03T20:23:59Z")
The joke is the stereotype from what I can see. MacFarlane’s out of touch. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/4 "2024-04-03T20:37:09Z")
You’d think he would have learned his lesson after **The Cleveland Show**. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/5 "2024-04-03T21:33:49Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/gtJlcwLoD9I/maxresdefault.jpg ""Damn, Damn, Damn"... -Florida Evans") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJlcwLoD9I) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/6 "2024-04-04T04:10:55Z")
The animation is unsettling, like it’s being run at half the frames. Reminds me of the bad animes that use entirely 3D models but dropping frames left and right. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/7 "2024-04-04T13:24:15Z")
There’s a lot of black people involved with this, and some of them say it’s actually deeper than the trailer portrays. Which means whoever decided on that trailer was incredibly tone deaf. The mood towards this was already negative from its announcement. You’d think they’d want to intelligently counter that. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/8 "2024-04-04T13:34:02Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > There’s a lot of black people involved with this, and some of them say it’s actually deeper than the trailer portrays. I’m thinking the point of the show is supposed to be, “Remember how bad you thought it was in the 70s when you watched “Good Times”? Well, it’s just gotten worse since then!” But yeah, the trailer does a poor job of conveying that. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/9 "2024-04-04T15:33:51Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > Which means whoever decided on that trailer was incredibly tone deaf. I think it goes beyond tone deaf; Helen Keller wasn’t this lacking in senses as whomever produced and approved this trailer. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/10 "2024-04-04T21:10:25Z")
Yeah, I’m gonna have to make it a point to _not_ watch that show. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/11 "2024-04-04T21:37:43Z")
With Seth Macfarlane on board at least one thing is certain: it won’t be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/12 "2024-04-04T21:40:46Z")
If someone told me this was a racist parody I would have believed you. Watching it made me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/13 "2024-04-04T21:51:36Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > What were they thinking? That was disgusting. Cringeworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/14 "2024-04-04T22:15:15Z")
…::shrug:: It’s not for me. And I’m not going to tell the black creators behind it that they did it wrong. I don’t get why they tried to tie it to Good Times… THAT seems like a terrible idea if it literally doesn’t have anything to do with the original. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/15 "2024-04-04T22:16:35Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > And I’m not going to tell the black creators behind it that they did it wrong. Norman Lear? Seth MacFarlane? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/16 "2024-04-04T22:20:44Z")
…Ranada Shapard and Carl Jones. I mean come on, man. Lear (who is dead…he’s not sitting in a writer’s room) and was probably not much more than just a name on a document really. You think he created this show? Same with MacFarlane–he probably had very little to do with the creation or day to day of the show. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/17 "2024-04-04T22:27:20Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Lear (who is dead…he’s not sitting in a writer’s room) and was probably not much more than just a name on a document really. You think he created this show? Same with MacFarlane–he probably had very little to do with the creation or day to day of the show. I dont really know who had how much to do with developing this show, but the OP only listed three names, and > [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Ranada Shapard and Carl Jones. were not any of those. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/18 "2024-04-04T22:37:39Z")
…if only a website existed to find out some basic information about the show. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/19 "2024-04-04T22:40:01Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > if only a website existed to find out some basic information about the show. Indeed, but the approved Trailer nauseated me so much that I had no reason to want to know more, except to be glad I dont have Netflix anyway. So, thanks for taking to trouble to research the show. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/20 "2024-04-09T14:59:15Z")
That looks horrible. I just took a look on a couple of African American subreddits and they are not so far impressed to say the least. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790.md?page=2)