CLIK by BlackBoxStudios Black Box Studios
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- TV & Film
Ever seen Fresh Prince, Good Times, or the Cosby Show? Well you have come to the right place Clik explores popular Black sitcoms and the impact they have today. Join us every week to get real academic and real nerdy as we dive into the reintroduction and reevaluation of the Black Sitcom! Seeking truth, understanding and changing our perspectives about the impact of Black Television
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The Series Finale
This week we are joined in BlackBoxStudios by our professor, Dr. Charles, and our TA, Tie who help us to answer some of our unanswered questions from this semester in the classroom and this season of CLIK. We discuss our favorite memories throughout the semester and dive into the reasons behind the class, the episodes that were chosen, and the literature we read.
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In My Mother's House
This week’s episode centers around representations of Black faith and how that impacts the Black family dynamic. These conversations are driven from faith representations in Thea, Good Times, and Black-ish. We also connect these sitcoms to how faith is portrayed in literary texts such as Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk, which leads us to the question, how are we seeing Black faith impacting family dynamics then and now?
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When The System Fails
This week’s episode centers around the representations of Black Activism in episodes from A Different World, The Fresh Prince of Bel-air, The Carmichael Show and Black-ish. We use these popular Black American sitcoms to center our conversation around how Black activism is rendered on screen while asking ourselves the question "how have these representations changed?"
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If Black Criminality Could Talk
This week we explore Black Criminality through Black American sitcoms such as Family Matters, A Different World, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Join in the conversation as we discuss portrayals of Black criminality, how its changed, how it has stayed the same, and how it connects back to 2018 reality.
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Representin' For The Ladies
This weeks episode is centered around the representation of Black women. We discuss colorism, sexuality, and feminism in characters from Living Single, A Different World, and Martin.
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What's Love Got To Do With It?
In this episode Bri, Jakob, Jiji, Rietta, and Sellers tackle the question of love and how it’s portrayed in the Black sitcom. We discuss the episode on the topic and interrogated the roles and expectations and roles of relationships.