5 hours ago, Soaplovers said:

I tried to watch a few of his comedies such as Love thy neighbor.. and I see a lot of mugging, but little humor.

His comedies suffer from the same deficiencies as his dramas: broad characters that trade on stereotypes and long scenes with repetitive dialogue that have no purpose whatsoever.

On 2/20/2026 at 9:16 AM, Khan said:

The early days of FOX, UPN and The WB are perfect examples of Hollywood's relationship with "urban" audiences. They always need us in the beginning to help establish their brands. Then, once they're financially solvent, they can't WAIT to ankle us and chase after more upscale, white audiences.

Exactly. Fox, UPN, The WB built their networks off the backs of the African-American audience.

1 hour ago, kalbir said:

Exactly. Fox, UPN, The WB built their networks off the backs of the African-American audience.

There's a lot to the Internet that's bad, but there's a lot to it that's good, too; and one of the good things about the Internet, I think, is that POC don't have to rely anymore on the traditional TV networks for entertainment that reflects their experiences. Even as streaming services merge and dissolve and get gobbled up by media conglomerates, we still have avenues where we can share our stories, without any need to cater to any other demographic or sugar-coat hard truths about society that need to be told.

16 hours ago, Khan said:

His comedies suffer from the same deficiencies as his dramas: broad characters that trade on stereotypes and long scenes with repetitive dialogue that have no purpose whatsoever.

The main issue is that he's writing like he's stalling. It's like he decides that a few "big" things (that often turn out to be not-so-big) should happen in an episode and everything else is just a stalling tactic to get to the "big" scenes. It's not like these long back-and-forth scenes really does any character building or try to reveal motivations behind their actions.

3 hours ago, te. said:

The main issue is that he's writing like he's stalling. It's like he decides that a few "big" things (that often turn out to be not-so-big) should happen in an episode and everything else is just a stalling tactic to get to the "big" scenes. It's not like these long back-and-forth scenes really does any character building or try to reveal motivations behind their actions.

IA.

51 minutes ago, Khan said:

IA.

Have you ever got caught watching something you're thinking "man there's just too many episodes"? These characters have no internal lives, so nothing they do is ever compelling - even the whole Hanna / Kathryn relationship that's supposed to be heartwarming. You just end up thinking that all of these characters should DIE because they're just all ultimately wusks of characters.

Sorry, at some point I will stop writing about The Haves and the Have Nots, approximately when I run out of episodes. It's just like eating pure sugar - at one point you'll get a tooth infection and then it starts bleeding into your brain...

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by te.

OK, Wyatt has now admitted the priest gave him a "banana foster" and that he wanted his mother to hug him and I can't stop laughing. Why is this show so awful?

Sorry, but every character's theme on Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots should be the never-remembered track on Robyn's third ill-thought out third album that was supposed to be her US launch:

P-S-Y-C-H-O

I thought that you oughta know!

Why could you just don't let me be?

You're turning psycho on me!

You better rethink your life!

I'll never be your wife...

I feel just like Janet Lee, you're turning...

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by te.