sounds like a cool plan.

i mean, if something's ridiculous, why not laugh at it?

(And yes, that's a challenge, Herc!)

And stargirl-- you are a PC nazi. Turn off your fucking television and continue plotting the extermination of all people who don't think the way you do.

(Takes a belt of whiskey) "Ahh...that's where you've been."

And a 10 year timeframe makes it sound like the characters will be experiencing some cultural attitude changes for sure. I'm definitely looking forward to July 27th.

JOOOAAANNN!!!

Cheers!

My father watches the show too and he's verbally confimed many a time that the casual racism and sexism displayed on the show is absolutely authentic...based on his own experiences in a similar setting.

"It's pretty funny that the people most outraged by political correctness are white males! There was a time in this country when some really unspeakably awful things were done and said to women, gay people and non-whites. If political correctness makes a person stop and think for second before deciding to insult someone because of their race, gneder or sexual orientation, then I'm all for it!"

Personally, I think The Right has done a fantastic job of leading everyone to believe political correctness is this awful, oppressive entity robbing us of the right to speak our minds.

The show probably will touch on the issues you speak of more as it goes on, if it goes on. It is only 1960 after all. The issues you speak of, while in full swing, have not permeated into the protected world these people have built for themselves...yet.

Now the A.A.R.P. are trying to do the same thing by covering a sad, frail, very elderly man with makeup and marching him from TV studios to very draughty town halls all across the U.S.

That poor old geezer would clearly be happier

Now the A.A.R.P. are trying to do the same thing by covering a sad, frail, very elderly man with makeup and marching him from TV studios to very draughty town halls all across the U.S.

That poor old geezer would clearly be happier sitting in a deckchair in his yard shouting at the kids to get off his lawn before bothering all the neighbours with his "stories".

Let this man have his diginity back! It's Political Correctness gone Mad.

It IS superb TV though with acting, dialogue and set design of the highest order.

I think your criticism is unfounded. The show tries to accurately depict the times (1960) and does so brilliantly. The contrast is often shocking in demonstrating how much this country has changed. As for it's handling of the civil rights movement--the entire focus of the show was 1960, so maybe that plot point will arise later. But I hope the show does not become and "issues" show like "American Dreams". I prefer the antics and storylines they are already invested in and I don't think they need to stoop to that kind of nostalgic didactic gimmickry to sustain this show.