The beloved 70s sitcom Good Times has gone down in history as the first show to depict an African-American nuclear family on television. It helped pave the way for many more shows that would do the same, including The Cosby Show. However, despite whatever cultural progress the show represented, many members of the African-American cast took umbrage with the direction the show would end up going in depicting it’s black family.
Despite the show being a venerated landmark in television history, the vast majority of it’s creative staff, especially in it’s early years, was white. Because of this, many cast members, including John Amos, who played the family patriarch, had issues with what he felt were some rampantly inauthentic and stereotypical depictions of the black community. While other cast members shared the same sentiments, Amos was always the most vocal, which lead to him butting heads with the show’s staff numerous times. Join us as John Amos reveals why he was killed off Good Times.
Original Author: Produced by Facts Verse and published on 08/01/2021 Source