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Can't believe it's been 22 years since 'MARTIN" tv show premiered Still watch it every night on mtv 2.
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I used to love the show, but as I grew older I realized that it does nothing but paint an ugly caricature of black culture in America. It's nothing more than a modern minstrel show that portrays every negative stereotype possible....
Jerome the Pimp
Roscoe the bad *** little kid
King Beef the shucker and jiver
Shanaynay the ratchet with the cartoonishly large butt
Hustle Man the purveyor of stolen merchandise
We all know how they portrayed Tommy
There's even that episode where martin blows all his money on some Jordan Xs
The fact buffoonery like Martin and the Wayans Brothers took the place of progressive shows like The Cosby Show and A Different World in the early 90s is no coincidence .
Here's a very good read about Black life and how it's portrayed on TV:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/15/arts/television-black-life-on-tv-realism-or-stereotypes.html
#staywoke
Reported.
This show is so unfunny its mind boggling.