Amos 'n' Andy 'n' Us 'n' Them
When Brilliance Subverts
By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Tim Moore and Spencer Williams, Jr, as "Kingish" and "Andy," respectively
This TV adaptation ran from 1951 to 1953 with African-American actors. It was taken off the air, genius comedy and talent notwithstanding, because it inappropriately presented black "folks'" shenanigans as white entertainment. Brilliant, yes, but it was that perpetuation of the us-and-them motif in media that inclusion needed to end.
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