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Originally posted by Gyrl7
James was too "controversal"........PAAAALEASE! They wanted to make that show fatherless from the very beginning, but Florida/Esther Rolle wasn't having it and threatened not to do the show unless there was a father in the house. If that were the case the militant midget was the controversal one........LOL.
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I liked James... to an extent. Sometimes when I watch the show, I listen to James and how he speaks to Florida and the children at times and shake my head. Then again, being that I grew up in another time and place, maybe that was the norm. I know that it's TV and all that, but James was a little too hostile at times.
Michael, on the other hand, ALWASY had an issue. He was always into something: not believing in God, living with the white girl, beating down fat kids on the bus, bringing home homeless men, etc. That boy had an issue every day.
Why is it that when the topic of whippings ever came up, Thelma would always talk about it, but we never really saw James take her in the room? We know that Michael, and especially JJ, got whippings, but Thelma's fast tail never seemed to be in trouble.