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All in the Family and the Jeffersons
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Well I'm impressed!
I was not expecting them to recreate the original scripts. I remember seeing both of those episodes back in the day. I enjoyed it. The Jeffersons cast did a better job of acting imo. I did like Edith's performance though. The scene on The Jeffersons when they were opening the door to meet the maid, I thought to myself it would be cool to have the original actor play this part. I was happy to see 88 year old Marla Gibbs appear. Norman Lear, wow! 96 years old, and looks great! Jamie Foxx played a good George Jefferson too. It was fun to watch, and took me back to the days when people had a sense of humor, and didn't get offended so easily. I miss those days.
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I didnt see the first 45 min but the rest was awesome. It was interesting that they didnt bleep honky but did bleep the n word. I really think both shows really show both sides, the good and the bad. Honestly I think we need that now more than ever. Of course, shallow minded idiots cant see past the racial slurs and actually understand what is really going on.
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Jaime Fox did a good job being George with the jacket tugging, head swiveling and quick laughs. Woody had a few of the Archie expressions down OK. Meathead stunk and so did daddys little girl. Tomei was OK but a bit over the top. Good recovery by Fox when he messed up the lines. It was live TV.
Creativity must be on its last breath in Hollywood. Everything is being remade.
The thing with remakes is we have something to compare them to, instead of seeing them for the first time. I wound up changing channel and watching Wolf chase Bison in Yellowstone.
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Originally posted by Tex_Cattleman View PostWife had it on. I watched both shows as a kid. What I saw last night was a complete waste of time.
I looked at it as a tribute to the old shows and the man who created them. It is what it is. They were not trying to reinvent the wheel. I thought it was fun to watch. If you were expecting them to somehow be better than the originals then of course it would be disappointing. I don't even think these actors believed they were doing that. Seemed to be like it was all in good fun, and paying tribute.
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