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    Netflix's 'Good Times': An explicit revival which feels calculated to offend

    The new animated TV show is packed with the kind of stereotypical characters and imagery that seem sure to anger fans of the original, groundbreaking series.
    by Eric Deggans Apr 13, 2024 3 minutes
    The Evans family in Netflix's <em>Good Times:</em> Jay Pharoah as Junior, Marsai Martin as Grey, Yvette Nicole Brown as Beverly, Gerald Anthony "Slink" Johnson as Dalvin and J.B. Smoove as Reggie.

    Netflix's animated series revival of Good Times seems almost genetically engineered to snark off critics like me.

    With an opening image that reads Good Times (Black again), it's packed with the kind of stereotypical characters and imagery which seems sure to anger fans of the original series, which was a groundbreaking, '70s-era sitcom revered for the way it challenged presumptions about a poor Black family "scratchin' and survivin'" in a Chicago housing project.

    Described by Netflix as a "spiritual sequel," the animated features the fourth generation of the original series' Evans family living in a Chicago housing project.

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