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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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Can't believe it's been 22 years ago Vol. MARTIN
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Tommy Strawn >>>>>>>
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wish it was hd. hbo remaster that ****
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Growing up it was my show man loved it till this day. Every time he thought he looked fresh and would hit a pose had me dying
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show is still as funny as it was back then, funnier actually
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Came out when I was in third grade. I remember seeing the previews and thinking, who is this dude. I just didn't know what I had in store.... "Baby I bet your man won't even hit the cabbage patch for you"
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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
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
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^ definitely some truth there.
Can't believe it's 22 years....Jesus I'm getting old.
Can't believe it's 22 years....Jesus I'm getting old.
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decent points in that post, but fresh prince was out at the same time; which featured an affluent black family living in a very nice home.
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This show is so unfunny its mind boggling. Matter of fact I'd be hard pressed to find anything Martin Lawerence has done that is funny.
inb4 "Man sit yo dumb ____ down"
inb4 "Man sit yo dumb ____ down"
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