ABC's '80s-set Blackish spinoff 'suggests the franchise has more to say about racial identity.' Read the Mixedish review:
, which must mean we're also approaching the fifth anniversary of then-reality TV host Donald Trump's tweeted outrage, "How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled "Blackish"? Can you imagine the furor of a show, "Whiteish"! Racism at highest level?"
Back then, who could have predicted… well, who could have predicted any of it. For the moment, let's focus on: Who could have predicted that five years later, not only would be chugging along into its sixth season as a perennial Emmy nominee, but that it would be the nexus for the most unlikeliest of TV franchises? The "-ish" universe began its extension with Freeform's.
Bow and her brother and sister have never experienced things like indoor plumbing, television or the idea that having a white father and an African-American mother might make them different. The pilot contextualizes a mid-'80s view of biracial identity, in terms of societal acceptance and visibility.
Helping or hindering in the family's transition are Paul's extremely conservative corporate attorney father and their outspoken Aunt Denise
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