More Power to Bill

The Cosby show set the representational and marketing standards that continue to determine what types of African American shows get produced, and where those shows are sold. I find it interesting that the Cosby show also started it all for the international networks. This show has taken the non-stereotypical idea of the African American family and has showed America and other places that African American people can act in all different ways. They aren’t the stereotypical view such as being “ghetto” or a low income family. I feel that the Cosby show has also opened doors for African American movie productions. I agree with what la monarca wrote from “The White Gaze” which was the idea of pride in a positive image of distinctly African American society were both prominent in the Coleman and Havens pieces. The Cosby show was a reason for African Americans to finally show pride in their culture without it being shown in a negative light.