EP 222 Are Millennials Offended by Old TV Shows?

How quickly social mores change.  For some of us of a certain age, it’s hard to look back at shows like ‘Friend’s’ and label them homophobic or purveying stereotypes..  In the case of ‘Seinfeld’, in its day it won a media award from GLAAD, a defender of gay rights(not that there’s anything wrong with that).  Yet, many millennial’s look back at these shows and consider their jokes tone deaf and distasteful. Is it fair to put a 2019 lens on classic material written more that 20 years ago?  And how ironic it is to be having this debate on social media today when it seems that Archie Bunker simply moved his comfy chair into the Oval Office? It’s a highly entertaining exchange we had with Kristin Sunanta-Walker, CEO of the Mental Health News Radio Network.  Listen in.

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