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Would Mama's Family be revived?


Like the X Files and Twin Peaks? It be awesome if it was. Agree?

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Nope.

With the same actors (most of them being too elderly now to be able play those roles with the same vibrancy as before) and characters, I don't want to even imagine how MF would look like today. I don't want to see a 90-something Ellen or a middle aged Bubba. And at the same time, I wouldn't want to see a version of the show without those actors and characters. So in my mind, a revival of MF cancels itself out.

I'd rather watch reruns and enjoy what was.

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Well Vicky could definitely still play Mama, as for the others it'd look odd seeing as how they'd all look elderly and Mama would look younger than all of them lol

Honestly though I THINK Betty White could still pull off a decent Ellen. I'd like to see if Carol could still do a good Eunice, I'd say they wouldn't have the energy to get into those dramatic fights, but it'd be interesting to see.

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Nope. In today's politically correct world, it just wouldn't be the same.

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I am pretty politically correct, total left wing liberal democrat but still love Mama's Family. Most of my friends are of like mind and the show seems to go over well with us, so I don't think PCness would affect the show.

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Mama regularly called Naomi a tramp (that's "slut shaming") and would do things like mock fat people, sometimes to their faces. I could see bleeding heart, social justice warrior loons taking issue with a show that did some of what MF did then.

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