Black-ish (2014–2022)
Two scene stealers keep me watching the show
3 November 2014
It so funny to me that Laurence Fishburne so successfully plays the grumpy old man to Anthony Anderson when there's about a decade in the two actor's ages in real life. But all Fishburne has to do is peer over his glasses to get a giggle from me which turns into a full on laugh at whatever he says next. He's a more likable version of George Lopez's mother on his sitcom with well-timed and delivered zingers. And then Marsai Martina as the youngest daughter is like this generation's Dee from "What's Happenin'?" Smart mouth little sisters can devolve into brats ala Seventh Heaven or deliver the biggest laughs of the show.

It's also so nice to see Joan, I mean Tracee Ellis Ross successfully play a mom because you could never see Joan from Girlfriends ever having a nuclear family. Now her portrayal as a doctor is a little less convincing. Next laughster is Marcus Scribner playing the oldest son, though not as hilarious as the aforementioned, he manages to get a chuckle from me. Every comedy show always seems to need a "dumb" character- and he fits the bill. A mimbo as "Seinfeld" would have called him. The other kids are okay, but they round out the crew. So nice to see Anthony Anderson grow from being the bumbling thief in Barbershop to this believable upper middle class businessman.

I don't think this show is worthy of the criticism of being yet another poorly written and acted sitcom with an all black cast. I'm one of those people that actually find Tyler Perry's House of Pain and Meet the Browns funny. I think some people get to highbrow in their comical tastes when my opinion of a comedy is whether it makes me laugh. Also, despite it's title, the theme of this show does not entirely revolve around race and racism in America. It's really just a puffball entry into the family comedy genre and shouldn't offend or alienate anybody.
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