tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post3880379613269597834..comments2024-03-28T06:18:11.024-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: Black is beautiful babyDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-13241464207247785582022-02-04T21:24:43.225-05:002022-02-04T21:24:43.225-05:00Art hit the nail on the head. Liberals were appal...Art hit the nail on the head. Liberals were appalled that audiences loved the Archie character, because he was a man in full, and not a stereotype.Catherine A. McClareyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263364661500592648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-1408693012992218932022-02-04T17:40:34.389-05:002022-02-04T17:40:34.389-05:00In answer to your question, some years ago I read ...In answer to your question, some years ago I read an article (in the <i>Sulzberger Birdcage Liner</i> about the house in Queens used in the opening credits. The owner said she did get some annoying visits from curiosity seekers. She was asked about Archie Bunker as a character and personality. She said, "No one like that ever lived around here". <br /><br /><br />Given his retrospective comments on the program ("those people should be marginalized"), it would appear that Rob Reiner of Malibu, California never appreciated the structural relationship between the characters. I cannot believe that Norman Lear, Carroll O'Connor, or Jean Stapleton didn't get it, but Reiner certainly did not.<br /><br />Here's Archie Bunker, wage earner, union member, employed in a warehouse (if I'm not mistaken), moonlighting now and again as a cab driver. He's a WWii veteran, married for over 20 years, had as many children his wife's anatomy allowed, and provides with his wages a home for his wife, his daughter, and his son-in-law. Cannot recall if Gloria had a work-a-day job or not, but her husband certainly did not. So, this man, dependent on his father-in-law, is ungrateful, argumentative, and disdainful of the man. The character development of Meathead Stevic concludes with his adultery and the dissolution of his marriage. One of these men is a giving human being who is somewhat irritable and makes vulgar remarks. The other is just a sh!t six ways to Sunday. <br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-32102886672863613382022-02-04T14:52:05.856-05:002022-02-04T14:52:05.856-05:00I watched the first episode of All in the Family a...I watched the first episode of All in the Family and I just have to ask, is Archie Bunker actually a realistic character? He seems like a caracuture. I didn't find the "Hahahaha old people are racist and dumb, college kids are enlightened," bit to be at all funny. Is this just gen X humor I'm too young to understand? Or were the writers too biased in favor of Meathead?Donald "Joe" Bidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17269604927849189077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-79196448043928557972022-02-04T11:47:03.164-05:002022-02-04T11:47:03.164-05:00You mean 'protestors' showed up at a soup ...You mean 'protestors' showed up at a soup kitchen <i>demanding</i> service? Non ci credo.<br /><br />Since when do soup kitchens and shelters offer 'client transportation'? For what?Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com