![]() Schwimmer posted his reply to Alexander late last month. “I assure you I meant no disrespect,” he added. Schwimmer concluded his note by writing, “if my quote was taken out of context, it’s hardly in my control.” I honestly don’t know, but seems likely! If that’s the case, we are all indebted to Living Single for paving the way.” It’s entirely possible that Warner Brothers and NBC, encouraged by the success of Living Single, gave the Friends pilot a green light. ![]() If it was based on Living Single you’d have to ask them. But, he added, “To my knowledge, Friends (which came out a year later) was inspired by Marta & David ’s own lives and circle of friends living in NY in their twenties. “I have issues with the studio and the network over the promotion of this show,” Bowser was quoted as saying.Ĭontinuing with his clarification, Schwimmer wrote that he was a fan of Living Single, and didn’t mean to suggest that Friends was an original concept. In 1996, an article in the Los Angeles Times also called out the similarities between the shows, and the fact Friends was given a bigger commercial push than Living Single. That was a very conscious push on my part.” One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian American woman, and later I dated African American women. “I campaigned for years to have Ross date women of color. “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an all-Asian Friends,” Schwimmer replied, saying that he was “well aware” of his show’s lack of diversity when it aired. Some context: When speaking to the Guardian recently, the Friends star was asked about the possibility of rebooting Friends for modern audiences. “Please remember in an interview quotes are often pieced together and taken out of context, and then these quotes are repurposed in other articles by other people who are trying to be provocative.” “I didn’t mean to imply Living Single hadn’t existed or indeed hadn’t come before Friends, which I knew it had.” Schwimmer wrote on Twitter late last month in response to a tweet from the Living Single actor. So don’t mess around, you got to get it right.David Schwimmer is clarifying comments he made about the possibility of an “all-black Friends” after being called out by actor Erika Alexander for failing to respect the legacy of Living Single. "But here’s the thing, with reboots you got to be careful because these characters are beloved and those storylines really meant something and they still resonate now. ![]() ![]() "When Yvette asked, I said I would definitely be interested in seeing what that conversation is and being able to do it, Field shared. She reportedly said the entire cast had spoken about it with Yvette. In an interview with Tamron Hall, Kim Fields who played Regine chatted candidly about a potential reboot. What does Paul Mooney say? 'They have the complexion for the protection.’” When further expanding on working on the black show, she shared, “ The difference between Friends and Living Single is one of marketing and skin color. That would undermine any sort of ambitions that you might have to grow the show beyond its locked-in demographic." So they would often put you in a cultural ghetto. In a previous interview with Shadow & Act, Alexander touched on why she believed Friends had a more successful run than Living Single: "If you were on a show with a Black cast you weren't seen as a show with a Black cast, which is how I like to see it. “David Schwimmer clearly doesn’t know that the “all-black” reboot of Friends that he wants was already done and was called Living Single.which btw inspired Friends” - Joshua Chenault Chenault) ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |