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Great show but ooh, that dialogue...


Okay, we get it Shea is black Lloyd is white but we don't need to be reminded of it every other sentence...

I mean I understand the need to show the dynamic between those two, fair enough... But it shouldn't be at the expense of compromising the integrity of the dialogue.

I mean some of Shea's lines... "white girl is fast!!!" "cracker this, cracker that".

and Lloyd with his "Did you know research confirms black people do 'XYZ' "

This at least makes more sense because Lloyd's character is meant to be a caricature in the first place, so they have a lot of liberty and aren't burdened with the dialogue sounding "unrealistic".

However, Lloyd's character, sounds cheesey. They should take lessons from "The Wire" if they want to know how to create black dialogue without going "over the top".

When watching a show you want the impression that you are watching a person, not a "person reading lines".

Any Questions??

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The entire show had a cheesy factor like that, Street criminals that weren't so street or tough

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Paulg28 makes a good point. Even the white girls lines were very cheesey. I did like the show though and didn't want to see it canceled. Jimmi Simpson is awesome on this show and Always sunny in Philadelphia.

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Smackdown735 uh Lloyd was a great character on the show and part of that would be due to the writing for him. You lose all credibility when trying to knock the dialogue between him and other characters.

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