April 17, 2009
Creepy Strokes
I never did care for the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, mainly because the central conceit (rich white guy adopts lovable inner-city black kids) just didn't seem very funny.
But I apparently missed another problem with the concept, summarized by Stacy Nosek at Pajiba:
Diff’rent Strokes” was one of my favorite shows as a kid, but you never quite realize how creepy an old, single, white dude adopting a couple cute inner-city kids is until you see it like this.
She's absolutely right. With a different musical score and some tweaks to the color by YouTuber Monty Propps, this is a very diff'rent take, indeed.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 17, 2009 04:20 PM
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Being adopted by old white people didn't work out so bad for President O.
Posted by: Orwell at April 19, 2009 07:22 PM