Doesn't Hold a Candle to the Original

It seems like a show where the producers didn't think they needed any writers because it would write itself. When that happens, you end up with not so much a storyline and dialogue but rehashes of stereotypes for forced laughs. You have the strong Latina woman, the feminist teenaged Latina, the crazy Latina grandma, the insensitive Anglo/Jewish boss and insensitive anglo/Jewish landlord who the strong Latina women try in vain to change.

On the original, you had the best MILF of the seventies in the often braless Bonnie Franklyn, a cute teenager (I was twelve when the show came out) and her brassy but confused sister. For comic relief, you had the working class superintendent who vastly over-estimates his charm. Yes, those were stereotypes also, but after the first show played out all the laughs to be mined for stereotypes, the real writing and acting talent showed.

Based on the first three episodes, this show intends thinks it's "green" to recycle characters and plotlines.





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