As an extension from my last post, I came across this article from Entertainment Weekly.
Diversity: Why is TV so white?
Shondra Rhines, creator of shows like Grey's Anatomy, explains, ''Do I want to see any more shows where someone has a sassy black friend? No, because I'm nobody's sassy black friend. I just want to see shows in which people get to be people and that look like the world we live in. The world is changing, and television will have to follow."
I couldn't agree more. These television shows aren't showing enough of an equal, realistic landscape of the diversity we see in America today.
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I agree with this so much! Most shows are basically white shows. I feel like all the shows that have all-minority casts are sitcoms... so they are really shows thick with stereotypes. There are shows that have diversity (like Grey's) but not a lot.
ReplyDeletesounds like they want the real world
ReplyDeleteI love her quote. That's awesome and true. It's interesting to see things from a creator's perspective.
ReplyDeleteI think grey's is one of the best examples of diversity on television. It isn't forced or scripted or cast specifically to be that way, there is no "token" African american or Asian or Hispanic cast member. There are just characters, who are real and flawed just like we are. That is what makes that show amazing. (Can you tell im a fan?)
ReplyDeleteWe have moved a long way away from the stereotypes of old, with the token blacks and Asians beginning to die out. The problem is that their appearances on television are beginning to die out as well. Can't we just have a show that has blacks, Asians, whites, and others mix without using their culture as a stepping off of their characters behaviors? Maybe one day...
ReplyDeleteI really like that quote and I have to agree with Shonda Rimes' view on diversity in television. Why should people have to portray certain stereotypes in order to fit into a t.v. series? In the real world, people don't play the role of a given racial stereotype, they just are who they are. Why can't television represent real people rather than stereotypical character descriptions?
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