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Quinta Brunson blasts Friends for having no black characters

posted 8 months ago by leader (1760)
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Saturday Night Live host Quinta Brunson decided to call out the lack of black characters in Friends during her opening monologue on the show.

During her opening monologue the Abbott Elementary creator explained what her show was like, drawing some parallels with that famous sitcom Friends, only with one rather clear difference.

She said: "It's a network sitcom like, say, Friends, except instead of being about a group of friends, it's about a group of teachers.

"Instead of New York, it's in Philadelphia, and instead of not having black people, it does!"

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Do you find her criticism valid?

[–] ccr1633 (1460) 8 months ago

Black actors instead should be thankful that they had little to do with this unfunny show about boring yuppies blubbering about their mundane, first-world problems.

[–] ChipDouglas (1607) 8 months ago

Since Quinta is a comedian first, I think she was just trying to make a joke that is somewhat relevant. (people were bitching about diversity in Friends about a year ago)

I don't know her as a person so I can't say for sure, but she created a pretty smart show completely different from Friends.

[–] davodikum (6000) 7 months ago

Retroactive fake outrage is pointless. So is adding black characters for the sake of. Diversity is not a quota.