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I so want to like this show...

posted 8 years ago by PinkyGirl521
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I love Rita Moreno but her over the top Cuban accent is getting to me. And by now I have heard about a million ways how Society is sexist. And while I do agree there is sexism out there I don't like how they have to spell it out like we're children. They can empower women without having to spell it out EVERY TIME! The original show was empowering already, single mom taking care of her two kids, etc. And this one does the same with a different point of view and I love it. But I'd like a little less social justice speeches. A sitcom is supposed to be an escape from the real world. I'd like the message to be more subliminal than obviously spelled out.

[–] Raysand 8 years ago

Yes, Rita Moreno's falsetto Cuban accent is really bad and offensive. Not surprising because Norman Lear throughout his career and in his self-righteous PC fervor would ironically enough often offend the group that he was trying to protect by hammering in stereotypes. Who for instance can forget the Jeffersons with George Jefferson always "cooning" around?

In any case, you are not the only one who noticed how pendantic the show is. Here is what a reviewer had to say:

By Ken Tucker from Yahoo TV

"In a new Netflix reboot, the 1970s sitcom One Day at a Time has been reimagined as the story of a Cuban-American family in present-day Los Angeles. It’s warm, it’s goodhearted, it sends out positive messages. What it isn’t is funny...The show has been reconceived by veteran producer Norman Lear along with producers Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce to accommodate debates about such topics as immigration and deportation, the struggles of our armed-services veterans, and the efficacy of antidepressants. Too often, the show is like a Bill O’Reilly “Talking Points Memo,” but with reverse-politics and a laugh track. (Come to think of it, O’Reilly’s “Memos” could use a laugh track.)"