Members te. Posted December 31, 2023 Members Share Posted December 31, 2023 Lots'o'tea about Charmed in this: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted January 5 Members Share Posted January 5 She was full of herself IMO. I read she even celebrated when he died. I've never looked at her in the same light since. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 5 Members Share Posted January 5 (edited) Recently, I watched an episode of "Dark Side of Comedy" on VICE that featured the BTS issues at "Family Matters." Specifically, it covered the troubles that Jaimee Foxworth (a.k.a. "Judy Winslow") and her mother encountered with TPTB as Jaimee's role on the show was reduced and then erased altogether. It broke my heart to hear their story. The thing is, those producers were used to ignoring or dropping characters from shows. (See: Chuck Cunningham). But they didn't understand that FM wasn't just another show, especially not to African-Americans. I don't think they understood why viewers and even cast members like Jo Marie Payton (OG Harriette Winslow) would be upset about a little black girl who is simply forgotten by her own family members with no explanation whatsoever. At the very least, they could have explained on-air that Judy went to live with extended relatives out-of-town so she could attend a private school or something. Edited January 5 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 5 Members Share Posted January 5 Depending on what you read or who you talk to, the rest of the FM cast either welcomed Jaleel/Urkel, as his addition lifted the show's ratings; or they resented him, because he took the focus away from the others (and from Jaimee Foxworth/Judy in particular) and allowed the show's producers to take what had been a fairly grounded family show and turn it into a very broad and silly one. JW himself has talked in the past about how Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton took him to task for agreeing to play "Myrtle Urkel," saying that it reinforced stereotypes about putting black men in women's clothes as a way of emasculating them and making them less threatening to white audiences. If what he said is true, then the people to take up the issue with were the producers, not a 12-13 year old kid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted January 5 Members Share Posted January 5 (edited) @Khan Thank you for the info re Family Matters. I have read/heard about some backstage drama in recent years re JW vs. RVJ/JMP. Edited January 5 by kalbir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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