THIS IS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE BUPPIES THEME, STARTED IN THE 1990s SITCOM ERA. QUEEN LATIFA AND KIM FIELDS WERE ALREADY SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TALENTS. HOWEVER, IT WAS A CHALLENGE WHETHER THIS NOTORIETY COULD COMPETE IN THE COMEDY SITCOM GENRE. SURPRISINGLY, NOT ONLY DID IT WORK, IT EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS AND EXCELLED IN THE INDUSTRY.
BLACK SITCOM COMEDY ALWAYS HAD A PLACE IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT THE LOOK, FEEL AND THE THEME OF THE SHOW WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAD COME TO EXPECT FROM SUCH PRODUCTS. THIS WAS THE PRECURSOR TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LEAP INTO BLACK WOMENS COMEDY LEADS -WITH "GIRLFRIENDS" BEING THE SHOW THAT STARTED THE NEW MILLENNIUM OFF IN THE 2000s. BLACK SITCOMS, HISTORICALLY, HAVE MALE LEADS -OR PRIMARY CHARACTERS.
THIS SPEAKS TO THE NOTION THAT FEMALES ARE NOT THAT FUNNY IN COMEDY-ESPECIALLY NOT BLACK FEMALES. NOW WE FORGET "I LOVE LUCY" FROM BACK IN THE DAYS: MAUDE, RHODA, MARY TYLER MOORE. HOWEVER, THE RATINGS RISK OF FEMALE LEADS WAS STILL VERY REAL IN SPITE OF FORGING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMENS RIGHT.
"LIVING SINGLE" WAS OUR BLACK WOMENS "THREE'S COMPANY." LIVING SINGLE WAS THE FRIVOLITY OF YOUNG ADULTS LIVING TOGETHER CAREFREE! VERY FUN AND FUNNY TO WATCH-NO MATTER WHAT THE NETWORKS FEARED. IT WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS THAT ENDED TOO ABRUPTLY. IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL CULTURAL CANCELLED.
BLACK SITCOM COMEDY ALWAYS HAD A PLACE IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT THE LOOK, FEEL AND THE THEME OF THE SHOW WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAD COME TO EXPECT FROM SUCH PRODUCTS. THIS WAS THE PRECURSOR TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LEAP INTO BLACK WOMENS COMEDY LEADS -WITH "GIRLFRIENDS" BEING THE SHOW THAT STARTED THE NEW MILLENNIUM OFF IN THE 2000s. BLACK SITCOMS, HISTORICALLY, HAVE MALE LEADS -OR PRIMARY CHARACTERS.
THIS SPEAKS TO THE NOTION THAT FEMALES ARE NOT THAT FUNNY IN COMEDY-ESPECIALLY NOT BLACK FEMALES. NOW WE FORGET "I LOVE LUCY" FROM BACK IN THE DAYS: MAUDE, RHODA, MARY TYLER MOORE. HOWEVER, THE RATINGS RISK OF FEMALE LEADS WAS STILL VERY REAL IN SPITE OF FORGING GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMENS RIGHT.
"LIVING SINGLE" WAS OUR BLACK WOMENS "THREE'S COMPANY." LIVING SINGLE WAS THE FRIVOLITY OF YOUNG ADULTS LIVING TOGETHER CAREFREE! VERY FUN AND FUNNY TO WATCH-NO MATTER WHAT THE NETWORKS FEARED. IT WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS THAT ENDED TOO ABRUPTLY. IT WAS A CONTROVERSIAL CULTURAL CANCELLED.