Posted on 06/26/2022 4:57:20 PM PDT by aimhigh
Creator of Cooley High Eric Monte says television producer Norman Lear is a racist who stole his idea for the 1970s hit television show, The Jeffersons. Monte worked as a writer on Good Times, which he co-created with Mike Evans. During an interview with Annette John-Hall of the Philadelphia Inquirer back in 2006, Monte called Lear a racist who wrote stereotypical dialogue and didn’t think he was racist. Monte recalled the cast of Good Times frequently having issues with the dialogue written by Lear.
“I caught hell because Norman Lear was incredibly racist, but he didn’t think so. And everything they wrote was stereotypic,” he said. “They thought of Black humor as ‘Yassah, boss, I’s wanna go down by da river,’ but I’d fight them tooth and nail. They’d ignore it in the offices. Take that ‘Yassha’ stuff down to the cast.
Monte also revealed that Lear didn’t want the character played by John Amos on Good Times because he didn’t think a strong, Black man on a sitcom would work out. Monte, 78 also said Lear, who is now 99, stole his idea for The Jeffersons and signed a deal with Monte’s agent behind his back.
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“Till Death Us Do Part”
I went to post: Is ANYONE here surprised that yet another Hollywood liberal is a racist lying piece of excrement?
It was declined to post, as it had an 81% “toxic” rating by the ‘bot.
LMAO
So he sued and won in 1977.
In Hollywood stealing other people’s ideas is part of the culture.
The most common variation is they interview screen-writers and have them submit draft ideas.
Then they don’t hire them and steal the ideas they like.
Re: Ideas are easy. Execution is hard.
Nailed it!
Even when these shows were new, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc. came across to me as piles of racist stereotypes, including a transition from “yassah boss” to stereotypes of blacks acting hip, smart, and empowered, while white characters were always portrayed as idiots — all as cover for Hollywood honkies getting rich exploiting the social integration of black entertainers. Norman Lear = virtue-signaling hypocrite.
Sounds like 2 racists in a race bait cat fight. I don’t like Norman Lear. I like this Monte dude even less. They deserve each other.
“Lear turns 100 in a month!”
Evidence only the good die young
Eric Monte Monte claims that he came up with the idea of a wealthy black businessman movie to the upscale East Side?
He wrote for “Good Times”, not “All in the Family”. The character George Jefferson already existed as a successful black businessman. Not much of a jump to suggest that he kept on being successful and “moved on up”. How much of an idea is it anyway? Something more far-fetched would be Laverne DeFazio coming into a large inheritance and moving out of Milwaukee into a Chicago high-rise. If someone suggested that for a sitcom, it would hardly be considered a new idea deserving of royalties.
Lear always was a Leftist douche bag. Period
Watch this clip with Archie : )
Archie Bunker and the Doctor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQuKr0tCH_I
They absolutely are. They’re self-righteous and project that racism onto others to make themselves feel better, too.
What’s the Meathead say to this accusation? Will he cancel his old friend?
New York Democrat, son. They're all that way.
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