"Good Times" and representation: Cabrini-Green
"Its brevity does not take away from the ability of “Good Times” to be important, as its lasting impact stands as having introduced these working class issues to a network sitcom, and being the first black family with its own sitcom at that, rather than solving them." ... See more
Any perceived brevity does not take away from the ability of “Good Times” to be important . . . It does not have to solve poverty or redefine the American family to be influential, as its refreshing humanization of the often marginalized groups of Cabrini-Green on a major platform are enough to ... ... See more