Monday, November 8, 2010

And you Thought M.A.N.T.I.S. was Bad: Undercovers Canceled Ending Show with Two Black Leads

One of the saddest days in the history of television was the melancholy date that M.A.N.T.I.S. was canceled, lasting an all to brief one season before it got the axe.

Even M.A.N.T.I.S. lasted more episodes
Wait, you don't remember M.A.N.T.I.S.? This oversight in trivial television knowledge cannot be forgiven, because this program had more potential and promise then Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development put together:
M.A.N.T.I.S. was a TV series that aired for one season on the FOX Network between August 1994 and March 1995. (Two unaired episodes were broadcast for the first time on the Sci-Fi Channel in September 1997.) The original two-hour TV pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. It starred actor Carl Lumbly. The show was unique, inasmuch as it depicted an African-American superhero.
It's lamentable that most Black television shows (outside of Tyler Perry) consistently fail to find an audience and never have the opportunity to garner the high rates of return found in the lucrative market of syndication, and M.A.N.T.I.S was a show that was ever so close to breaking into the mainstream.

Television is becoming increasingly the realm for white shows, with roles for Black actresses scarce and opportunities for Black actors diminishing. Unsubstantiated claims that the despondent nosedive in ratings that M.A.N.T.I.S. drew throughout the shows only season being the primary catalyst behind the lack of Black shows have yet to be corroborated.

Though the 2010 lineup has been anything but Black, continuing a long, steady decline in shows with Black people in starring roles:
The broadcast networks have made great strides in recent years by diversifying the faces we see on primetime TV, a momentum that carries into new and returning shows on the 2010-11 schedule. 

But it’s a scattershot success. At the moment, the number of scripted, live-action shows on broadcast television with all-black (or predominantly minority, for that matter) casts is exactly zero. 

If you take into account reality series, "you might actually be able to make the case that there are more African-Americans on broadcast TV than ever before," longtime media agency research guru Steve Sternberg told TheWrap.

Just not all on the same screen.

"Black people are starved for shows which not only feature lots of black actors but that put black culture front and center in a way they enjoy," veteran TV critic Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, told TheWrap.
Entertainment Weekly asked in 2008 "Why is TV so white?" and the answer is still eluding those who decide a show is worth producing and marketing, just as it was in the 1990s. It comes down to dollars and common sense:
 But as journalist Janine Jackson points out, the industry treats mainly white audiences and more diverse audiences differently, in terms of ratings and advertising dollars. For instance, WB’s two most successful black series—The Steve Harvey Show and The Jamie Foxx Show—draw the same number of viewers as the predominantly white-audience show Felicity, and yet a 30-second commercial on Felicity costs twice as much. And even though The Steve Harvey Show attracts 500,000 viewers more per episode than the popular white series Dawson’s Creek, a 30-second commercial on the Creek still brings in $63,000 more in advertising revenues.
What was it we said about income inequality? We'd be remiss not to point out that Black people do star in reality TV to a degree that mirrors real life.

Entertainment Weekly has a feature called the "Diversity Scorecard" and had this to say about the lily-white lineup of new shows for 2010:

Sure, we have a black president now, but do you want to see a real sign of racial progress? Watch NBC'sKodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) for no apparent reason other than their talent and attractiveness.
'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'-like spy drama 'Undercovers' this fall, a drama that has cast as its leads two black performers (Boris and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) for no apparent reason other than their talent and attractiveness.
All right, maybe having a network drama with two people of color as leads doesn't look much like progress to you, but this is network TV we're talking about, which, as a mirror of the nation, is notoriously slow to respond to social trends (like, say, the changing complexion of America). We're also talking about a TV landscape in which some of the shows with the most racially diverse casts ('Heroes,' 'Lost,' 'Law & Order') have just gone off the air.

Judging by what we know of the fall's TV fare, as announced by the networks last week, there are hardly any shows with all-white casts, but how many of them have leading roles for actors of color, and how many just have the occasional best-friend or supportive-coworker roles?


Why is it important to have diversity in starring roles? Network TV audiences are shrinking, but network TV remains the default, mainstream choice. People like to see people who look like themselves in starring roles, and that includes members of long-ignored groups who are making up an ever-increasing percentage of the mainstream viewership the networks need, more than ever, to reach.

It's noteworthy, too, that these are the shows the networks greenlit because they did so, not out of political correctness, but because they believed these were the shows that would attract the most advertising dollars. Sponsors don't want edgy, socially experimental shows; they want shows that will provide hospitable environments for their commercials and will attract desirable groups of viewers. So the vote of confidence in a show like 'Undercovers' doesn't just come from Hollywood creative types or network suits, but from corporate America. It's not about quotas or tokenism, it's about free-market capitalism in action.
Deemed one of the hot new shows of the year and lauded with high praise, Undercovers was silently being touted as the next potential M.A.N.T.I.S., elevating Black people in television to a level unseen since the glory of Dr. Huxtable, presenting ebony actors with a chance to move on up to the big time.

USA Today had this to say of the show:
The plot for Undercovers is serviceable, but hardly novel: Married former spies are drawn back into undercover work by their former agency employers. But whatever happens to the show, it has broken ground with its casting. The series is network TV's only drama built around two black leads, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Boris Kodjoe.

Josh Reims, who co-wrote the show with J.J. Abrams, says it was not written with any ethnic or racial group in mind. We did not go out of the way to hire two black actors to lead the show. But we did realize it would be great if we could do that ...We don't consider that we're revolutionizing TV, but at the same time, we do recognize that it's a big deal."

Please bring it back. Black people need this show.
MSNBC hyped the show as a watershed moment for Black actors. The high-profile show had many people wondering if this would help out other Black actors penetrate the lily-white TV landscape, before the implementation of Tim Wise's final solution.

In the end, Undercovers got the praise but the audience forgot to tune in, dispelling the notion from above that Black people are starved for shows with Black characters (perhaps Black culture was absent?):
NBC has officially pulled the plug on Undercovers, starring Boris Kodjoe and Guba Mbatha-Raw as married spies. The television drama was canceled after the show consistently produced dismal ratings. Its recent airing brought out a 1.3 rating in the 18-to-49 age demo. While the show is still filming its 12th episode, NBC will not commit to anything past its original 13-episode order.
First M.A.N.T.I.S., now Undercovers. Perhaps if Black people had tuned in the show might have stuck around a little longer.

All we can say is bring back M.A.N.T.I.S... no one is going to miss Undercovers except the people who claimed it would be the hottest show because of the two Black leads it sported. But we still miss M.A.N.T.I.S. everyday.

Black people could have watched the show, but just like the idea of buying Black, Undercovers was largely unwatched by Black people who scream with indignation upon its cancellation.



26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, I've never even heard of Undercovers, but that promo I just watched was terrible!
I can't believe anyone at NBC actually believed that dogshit would draw an audience.

Desiree said...

Oh wow! Something Desiree and Whitey can agree was a collective win...

Good, it was cancelled! Hallelujah and praise black Jeezus!

Serves them right: they could have got two real black people not some typical high-yellow mulatto sex object playing the 'black girl'.

Why couldn't they get a black woman with brown skin, nappy hair, and glasses? She was just eye candy in the worst way, a pawn in that whole paper-bag test approved farce.

No more disturbing, degrading promos for Undercovers.

Anonymous said...

Cry me a river

M.A.N.T.I.S. had "more potential and promise then Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development".

That's a good one SBPDL. Trying to compare M.A.N.T.I.S. to a show that was critically acclaimed. Arrested Development won 6 Emmy awards with a movie in the works. Sitcoms like Seinfeld, Will and Grace, and Friends are hit's because they feature an all white cast.

Anonymous said...

"Why couldn't they get a black woman with brown skin, nappy hair, and glasses?"

The same reason that music videos feature light-complected women.

Sheila said...

I remember seeing the promos for "Undercovers" and thinking "Who on earth would watch that sort of thing? Two blacks as spies and undercover agents?"

Of course, reality is even stranger than fiction - I just discovered, in my son's Christian American history textbook, an entry on James Armistead (black spy during War of Independence) lauded and on par with Nathan Hale, of "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" fame. PC has infested everything, everywhere.

Hirsch said...

The worst show featuring black actors to ever air was undoubtedly "Homeboys from Outer Space," on UPN. It makes Bill Cosby's "Leonard" movie look like "Citizen Kane," by comparison.

Interestingly, there was a study done that showed you could predict the racial demographics of a neighborhood based on their "Netflix," purchases. Roughly 3% of the people who watch Tyler Perry's movies are white. I actually tried to watch a "Madea," and it felt like I was trapped at a family reunion for two hours with nobody I knew.

The state of black cinema is of course equally dysfunctional. It gives me no pleasure to say that I can count on one hand the number of auteur black directors at work in Hollywood today. Spike Lee really hasn't lived up to the initial promise that he showed in the 80s, with the exception of maybe his "Malcolm X" Biopic; there is no Melvin Peebles or Gordon Parks stepping into the breech. Mario Peebles is a pale imitation of his father. So who is there? John Singleton? Ernest Dickerson? The Hughes Brothers?

Part of the problem is the complete disconnect between the black underclass and middle class. The black intellectuals like Cornell West or Henry Gates can decry the state of their brothers all they want, but the truth is that educated blacks are as alienated from ghetto culture as middle class whites; certainly they have less comprehension of how terrifying a ghetto can be than say a working class white mail carrier or pawn shop broker.

Your average black poster on SBPDL undoubtedly has more in common with "Seinfeld" than with the cast of "Boyz in the Hood." Speaking of which, why the hell doesn't anyone hold Ice Cube's feet to the fire about his past, the way a white artist would have been pilloried? He can go from making "Cave Bitch," about "stringy-haired white hoes," all the way to "Are We There Yet!" Screw that! I want to see a show starring Michael Richards and Don Imus called "Kiss Our Whites Asses."

Anonymous said...

"Speaking of which, why the hell doesn't anyone hold Ice Cube's feet to the fire about his past, the way a white artist would have been pilloried?"

Same with Queen Latifah, and numerous other black racists. They're black, so it's ok.

Anonymous said...

"Serves them right: they could have got two real black people not some typical high-yellow mulatto sex object playing the 'black girl'."

Wow, Desiree, not only do you hate white people, you apparently also hate mulattos. How dare you call that girl an "object"? And don't say that you hate don't hate whites, you just hate Whitey. That's like saying that you don't hate black people, you just hate Darkie.

Anonymous said...

"typical high-yellow mulatto sex object"

"beautiful white wimmins"

"angelic white wimmins"

SO transparent. It's sort of...hilarious, pathetic and lame, all at the same time.

Anonymous said...

Ice Cube also wrote another fun song about killing "chinks" because they wouldn't allow his brethren to shoplift at will from the korean shops in Los Angeles. Friday is a good all black movie but I can't think of any besides that.

Anonymous said...

"Speaking of which, why the hell doesn't anyone hold Ice Cube's feet to the fire about his past, the way a white artist would have been pilloried?"

Same with Queen Latifah, and numerous other black racists. They're black, so it's ok.

Exactly right. It's known as The Triple A. The African American Allowance. They're not bound to the same rules or constraints as whites.

Anonymous said...

Interestingly enough, the two "black" lead actors are both mixed race Europeans: The male, Boris Kodjoe, was born in Vienna, Austria to a White German mother and a black father from Ghana. The female, Gugu Mbatha-Raw was born in South Africa to a White English mother and a black South African father. She was brought up by her single mother in England

Desiree said...

@ Hirsch:

"Your average black poster on SBPDL undoubtedly has more in common with "Seinfeld" than with the cast of "Boyz in the Hood.""

Ritz, please. (or would you prefer Keebler Club?)

Maybe socioeconomically but not culturally. I am thoroughly black regardless of where I live or anything else that can be arbitrarily skewed to question someone's blackness.

You act as if 'Boyz in the Hood' (I'm assuming you mean the characters in the film, not the actors; Cuba Gooding, jr. is married to a white woman, not exactly 'thuggin it', is he?) showcases hardcore criminally-inclined blacks, the 'worst' kind of blacks in America.

Far from it, although I imagine any minority would look like Suge Knight next to Jerry Seinfeld.

What was so good about 'Boyz' was that even though all of the characters in the story were from the 'hood', they were dynamic and real. Unless a black is completely self-hating, there should be none of them watching that movie and feeling like it's foreign.

At least that's my opinion; I guess I can only speak for myself and not the other 1 or 2 blacks that make up the average to which you refer.

"the truth is that educated blacks are as alienated from ghetto culture as middle class whites"

And are not educated whites disconnected from their working class/working poor brothers? But that's right: white people don't have to worry about being deemed as a collective.

You guys are 'individuals', whatever the hell THAT means.

Of course, that doesn't stop elite whites from using their own underclass (whom they have kept at a distance!) to dredge up racial conflict and hysteria ('Those Mexicans are going to take your jobs! Get 'em, unless you are a corporation.') when they see fit, making sure Joe Schmoe doesn't notice how working class whites are being shafted by their own.

Anyone up for a Tea Party?

Black intellectuals discuss whitey and America's colon and some smart ass white boy with a 156 IQ wants to naysay about their 'alienation' from the 'hood'? That they are hypocrites, even the 'average black poster on SBPDL'?

How would you know anything about the black experience, Hirsch? Are you black? Can't a black be middle class and radical without being labeled a hypocrite since they don't 'practice what they preach' and move BACK to the ghetto?

Eminem is from 8-mile Detroit. He still raps about white trash issues; should he abandon his mansion, too, seeing his milieux is not exactly 'street'?

"why the hell doesn't anyone hold Ice Cube's feet to the fire about his past, the way a white artist would have been pilloried?"

Take a wild guess, and don't say it's because of Black Run America. I'll answer for you: because white people always take it too far. Power corrupts. Michael Richards is a great example: he could have just told the black guy to STFU but he had to say the N word.

See, it's all fun and games until Whitey enters the room. SBPDL wanted to joke about blacks and chicken; now he's writing a manifesto and deleting comments that say 'niggers suck'.

Always taking it too far, although the fallout alone for 'Kiss Our White Asses' would be worth the hassle of putting something like together.

laz said...

@ Desiree

"Serves them right: they could have got two real black people not some typical high-yellow mulatto sex object playing the 'black girl'."

You know, persecuting and slandering someone because of the color of their skin is the definition of racist.

Anonymous said...

"Serves them right: they could have got two real black people not some typical high-yellow mulatto sex object playing the 'black girl'."

@laz

Blacks have very interesting degrees of blackness that must be identified so that they can realize their social standing within the community.
Black people are very racially conscious, and call each other names like "black berry" and "high yellow". They "hate on" each other based on skin color. Blacks categorize each other by the paper bag test, or the hue of blackness they each possess. If you are "light-skinded" or "high yellow" and have "good hair", that means you are a house negro and get more attention from whites and are therefore more hated by blacks. IF you are hispanic, or of mixed race, black people will actually approach you and ask "what are you", because they must have this important information first.

Desiree must be considered one of the "dark sistas", she seems to have the predictable hatred for light-skinded sistas.

If you are "dark-skinded" or a "darkie", then you are like a "field negro" (more sun, more melanin) and truly black and more accepted, but still ridiculed for your darker skin, because the darker the skin, the more a black hates himself.

Make sense?

Desiree said...

Where's my comment, SBPDL? Hirsch got to act as if he was an expert on black people and I responded. Isn't that what you want? Debate?

I'll repost. I said:

@ Hirsch:

"Your average black poster on SBPDL undoubtedly has more in common with "Seinfeld" than with the cast of "Boyz in the Hood.""

Ritz, please. (or would you prefer Keebler Club?)

Maybe socioeconomically but not culturally. I am thoroughly black regardless of where I live or anything else that can be arbitrarily skewed to question someone's blackness.

You act as if 'Boyz in the Hood' (I'm assuming you mean the characters in the film, not the actors; Cuba Gooding, jr. is married to a white woman, not exactly 'thuggin it', is he?) showcases hardcore criminally-inclined blacks, the 'worst' kind of blacks in America.

Far from it, although I imagine any minority would look like Suge Knight next to Jerry Seinfeld.

What was so good about 'Boyz' was that even though all of the characters in the story were from the 'hood', they were dynamic and real. Unless a black is completely self-hating, there should be none of them watching that movie and feeling like it's foreign.

At least that's my opinion; I guess I can only speak for myself and not the other 1 or 2 blacks that make up the average to which you refer.

"the truth is that educated blacks are as alienated from ghetto culture as middle class whites"

And are not educated whites disconnected from their working class/working poor brothers? But that's right: white people don't have to worry about being deemed as a collective.

You guys are 'individuals', whatever the hell THAT means.

Of course, that doesn't stop elite whites from using their own underclass (whom they have kept at a distance!) to dredge up racial conflict and hysteria ('Those Mexicans are going to take your jobs! Get 'em, unless you are a corporation.') when they see fit, making sure Joe Schmoe doesn't notice how working class whites are being shafted by their own.

Anyone up for a Tea Party?

Black intellectuals discuss whitey and America's colon and some smart ass white boy with a 156 IQ wants to naysay about their 'alienation' from the 'hood'? That they are hypocrites, even the 'average black poster on SBPDL'?

How would you know anything about the black experience, Hirsch? Are you black? Can't a black be middle class and radical without being labeled a hypocrite since they don't 'practice what they preach' and move BACK to the ghetto?

Eminem is from 8-mile Detroit. He still raps about white trash issues; should he abandon his mansion, too, seeing his milieux is not exactly 'street'?

"why the hell doesn't anyone hold Ice Cube's feet to the fire about his past, the way a white artist would have been pilloried?"

Take a wild guess, and don't say it's because of Black Run America. I'll answer for you: because white people always take it too far. Power corrupts. Michael Richards is a great example: he could have just told the black guy to STFU but he had to say the N word.

See, it's all fun and games until Whitey enters the room. SBPDL wanted to joke about blacks and chicken; now he's writing a manifesto and deleting comments that say 'niggers suck'.

Always taking it too far, although the fallout alone for 'Kiss Our White Asses' would be worth the hassle of putting something like that together.

Desiree said...

I have no hatred towards light 'sistas' or mulatto 'sistas'.

A 'high yellow mulatto sex object' is what they marketed her as; that's not the observation of a hater by any means.

Nor is it slander (@ Laz). Please...

Same with 'white wimmens'. But I have to admit sarcasm doesn't work well on the Internet. I was simply mocking this notion whites seem to have of these delicate white women that black men are 'violating'. The whole thing is a farce and in need of ridicule.

Undercovers cannot be supported because of the tropes and cliches. They consistently resort to using black-lite, not real black.

Why? I should've supported a show like this but for that reason I cannot. So, I'm glad it was cancelled.

I'm not a dark skinned 'sista' either, although I wouldn't mind deepening a shade or two. I have been called light-skinned before.

Anonymous said...

Desiree spewed:

"I am thoroughly black regardless of where I live or anything else that can be arbitrarily skewed to question someone's blackness."

Desiree, didn't you just call a fellow black sista "high yellow" in an earlier post? Is that not questioning someone else's blackness?? Which is it?

and this:

"You guys are 'individuals', whatever the hell THAT means. "

That's easy. It means that we act with and express our distinct personalities, and try to set ourselves apart from each other. We walk through the world free and innocent and are able to explore our personalities. Sometimes nerdy, sometimes quirky, sometimes dancing freely or wearing stripes and plaid together but never in fear of being laughed at or rejected by our own people, for the most part. And if they do laugh at us, we laugh along and have fun. We don't feel the need to always be "hip" or "sexy" or "cool", we just have a good time.

This white freedom drives blacks CrAzY! Once a black woman became very angry at me for flipping my silky hair over my shoulder, and another time a bunch of black girls laughed at my 12 year old daughter for dancing to her own beat. She was a little off, I admit, but she was not grinding her hips and booty popping. All of this black rage is caused by the way whites walk through the world as if they own the place.

You call it white privelege, we call it "free to be". Blacks cannot express their individuality in fear of being called an Uncle Tom, an Oreo or House Negro and losing their Black Card or even worse, getting a cap popped off in their ass. If blacks want to be free, they move far away from other blacks. Simple.

Whites do not have to conform to "whiteness" or act in a collective, we just "are" a very diverse people, naturally.

Anonymous said...

SBPDL,

Blacks are around 15% of the U.S. population. Television is nothing more than a method of advertising used to sell mostly crap to the masses. Like it or not the few crappy "black shows" are marketed towards the non-black majority. People like you my friend. They don't call it broadcasting for nothing.

-Black guy

Anonymous said...

"Like it or not the few crappy "black shows" are marketed towards the non-black majority."

Nonsense. Black shows are nothing more than a counter-measure to offset the steady, unabated, non-stop accusation of "not enough blacks" by race hustlers, and blacks in general. The networks know in advance that blacks shows are virtually guaranteed to fail (Cosby and Fresh Prince being rare exceptions), that's why the shows tend to be extremely low-budget, to minimize losses.
The small investment is worthwhile in exchange for avoiding allegations of racism, and when the show crashes and burns, the netword can say "hey, we tried".

Desiree said...

"Whites do not have to conform to "whiteness" or act in a collective, we just "are" a very diverse people, naturally."

That's what you think but that's just the way it's always been. You can call it 'nature' and I'll call it status quo, culturally and environmentally designated. We can agree to disagree. With your level of blindness, I doubt I'd be able to convince you of any other perspective.

But whites are very collective when a minority wants to do something. They just have the luxury of feigning individuality in 'peace time'.

On the diversity tip, Mrs. Palin, Africa is a continent, not a country. Do you think the same with Asia, too? Did you know that in Africa and on the Indian subcontinent there are hundreds of different dialects?

The diversity of all of these peoples are well-established. You are simply looking at phenotype, which is ignorant.

"another time a bunch of black girls laughed at my 12 year old daughter for dancing to her own beat. She was a little off, I admit"

Okay...? If your daughter was off, laughter should have been expected. Were you upset? If you were, you need to lighten up. You sound like a nose in the air, stick in the ass, circa-1920s, 'don't touch my good china while you're cleaning my house, niggers' white woman. Very uptight.

"whites walk through the world as if they own the place."

At least you're honest. But all of the above is the problem. Hence, the animus towards Barack Obama.

"Blacks cannot express their individuality in fear of being called an Uncle Tom, an Oreo or House Negro and losing their Black Card or even worse"

You just incorrectly and stereotypically assumed that blacks when they are 'individuals' 'act white' or whatever and will thus be viewed as an Uncle Tom, Sellout, etc. Please understand that the diversity of opinion and personality in the black community (again, I'd know) is NOT REFLECTED on this site.

Would you be shocked if I told you that black women, for example, are frowned upon if they decide to where their hair in it's natural state? Or how about the blacks who frown upon Pan-Africanists and separatists?

Pick up your jaw.

"Desiree, didn't you just call a fellow black sista "high yellow" in an earlier post? Is that not questioning someone else's blackness?? Which is it?"

I think that was a poor choice of words on my part although the observation remains. The choice of Gugu Mbatha-Raw is typical, and I'd seen a second promo for the show (the first I'd seen made me excited for the show) where they discussed 'sexpionage' and she was stripped, predictably, by a white man.

This was a TEASER; it disgusted me.

The labeling of her as a 'high yellow mulatto sex object' was calling a spade a spade: the Suits knew exactly what they were trying to accomplish and chose the correct 'hue' of black woman for the job. (The white viewer, after all, is where the money is; seeing the 'spy'/action theme, this is what white men would want to see.)

She's a willing pawn and perhaps she didn't deserve such harsh scorn from this direction. However, that is EXACTLY what she was. Also, I've seen her speak; she does NOT even look like a black woman; she looks East Indian.

But all of that is a whole 'nother issue...

Anonymous said...

"Nonsense. Black shows are nothing more than a counter-measure to offset the steady, unabated, non-stop accusation of "not enough blacks" by race hustlers, and blacks in general. The networks know in advance that blacks shows are virtually guaranteed to fail (Cosby and Fresh Prince being rare exceptions), that's why the shows tend to be extremely low-budget, to minimize losses."


This is a capitalist nation. Everything is ruled by that axiom. Television and film are no exception. What we watch on the boob tube is determined by what sells and nothing more. Race is often used to drum up "controversy" both real and imaginary. Both bring publicity and that brings revenue. This site does just that. There are movies I haven't seen that I purchased thanks to this site. This site hasn't taught a damn thing about black people, but I've been checking out cars on toyota.com.

So, while you guys gear up for the coming race war. I'll be checking my bank accounts and investments, because money rules everything.

Things are put on TV to sell products. They are not on there to make white nationalists, DWLs, blacks, Mexicans, etc.. feel good about them selves.

So, whether you watch "Martin" or "Friends" you are helping to keep this capitalist running smoothly.

-Black guy

Anonymous said...

If a black person who isn't Jewish and doesn't know anyone Jewish wrote a Television show about a Jewish family. Wouldn't that show be a god awful cliched mess?

Why am I the only person who seems to understand that concept?

-Black guy

Anonymous said...

No explanation required:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftg1EtdgbHI

Anonymous said...

1. that show "undercovers" was a yawn factory from day one. tuned in for the first show and it dragged on and on and on. i'm not surprised its going to the trash pile, but just one thing....that beautiful young lady is not a black woman. whoopie goldberg;now thats a black woman.

2.a black man as an international super spy? ya,right.

MICHAEL DEAN MILLER said...

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Can't be much of a show if the female lead shows so little firearms safety knowledge as to HAVE HER FINGER ON THE TRIGGER OF HER WEAPON!!!!



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