For my Mest 3 Representation as i am focusing on the representation of race in different eras, the first
text that i have decided to focus on is Fresh prince of bel air.
The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their wealthy Bel Air mansion, where his lifestyle often clashes with that of his relatives. The 148 episodes were transmitted over six seasons.
The background of will smith who stars in the 90s sitcom is that Will Smith was a popular and successful rapper during the late 1980s, but because he had spent money too freely and grossly underpaid his income taxes, he was assessed a penalty of $2.8 million by the IRS. The agency subsequently seized many of his possessions and garnished his income. This left Smith nearly bankrupt when, in 1990, he was approached by the television network NBC who signed him on to a contract and built a sitcom around him.
In the sitcom the audience follows the main character as he tries to grasp the american dream as he moves into his uncle's house after being kicked out by his mum for getting into trouble with a gang of black youths. Coming to the era of the 90s the black race started to be relieved of the discrimination and the racial foresight by other backgrounds, and they started to become more involved within the society, whereas in the 80s like the sitcom 'Everybody hates Chris' you could still see that mere division.
http://freshprincetv.com/
Above shows a link that will take you straight to the official website of the critically acclaimed sitcom.
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