Uh...I actually kind of liked Roots, even if Haley did steal it from a white guy. If you made it now, though, it would be PC’d to death, and the focus would be entire on how horrible white people are rather than just on a black guy trying to find out his family history.
“Uh...I actually kind of liked Roots”
So did I and millions of others that were glued to the TV for each episode. It was a beautifully done story even if it wasn’t real historically accurate. Here’s the whole 4-hour miniseries on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRSWiqiiBX0