# 'Good Times' Racist reboot on Netflix

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/21 "2024-04-09T15:28:13Z")

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Was Norman Lear working on this before he died or is this a whole unrelated thing to him?

He was working pretty actively until very, very late in life.

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**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 16, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/22 "2024-04-16T04:06:45Z")

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This is out, and the reviews aren’t positive.

> **[Netflix’s ‘Good Times’ is as offensive as the trailer promised it would be](https://thegrio.com/2024/04/15/netflixs-good-times-is-as-offensive-as-the-trailer-promised-it-would-be/)**
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> OPINION: The animated series based on Norman Lear’s hit situation comedy ‘Good Times’ is related to the original in name only.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/23 "2024-04-16T04:14:34Z")

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Is it worse than “Rickety Rocket”?  
h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0WCR7BVx7k (link broken)

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**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790/24 "2024-04-16T04:52:40Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Was Norman Lear working on this before he died or is this a whole unrelated thing to him?

Since he was involved with the original series, he likely got credit for that and didn’t need to do any more work.

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