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Mary (edited interview)
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| What is real or not real about the programs you like to watch on TV? |
It Depends. I mean some programs are real. A lot of people had a lot to say about
the Cosby Show. They thought it wasn't real. But there are doctors who are married
to women who are lawyers and who have children, and they are happy, and they live
in functional households. So that's real. Many people felt it wasn't real. But in
our community, in the black community, there are families that are like that. And
there are families that are like that, the husband is not a doctor and the wife is
not a lawyer, they're working people, and they do have functional households where
there is love and understanding and kindness. So a lot of the shows are real. It
really depends on what you're watching. I think there's more realism than we want
to possibly believe. That might be frightening for us to believe, that maybe they
are portraying something that's real.
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| What about violence on TV? |
Oh, I think there's too much violence on TV against women and children. I actually
think there's just too much. It's ridiculous. And I get tired of seeing that.
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| What do you think about men on TV? |
Well, I have to tell you the truth. I love to see black men on TV. I love, I think
that men have, they get a greater range. They could be the good guy, the bad guy.
They don't have to take off their clothes to be appealing. I think that just men
have a greater range of roles that they can play and they're viewed in a different
way.
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| What would you want to have change on television? |
I certainly would concentrate on the kinds of shows that are shown during primetime
when young people are watching. I would certainly curtail the sexual and violent
programs; I just think that's just too much. And I would definitely see that we have
more diversity, that we would have more programs on all channels, to satisfyä
I mean, all my life I've seen caucasions on TV, and I think all somebody else's life
they should be able to see, you know, people of color. I think that it's somethingä
it's 1996, it's time that we do balance that out. And I would change and make sure
that we would have cultural diversity on television.
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