Peanuts' AppleTV special makes amends and focuses on black character
A new Peanuts special on Apple TV specifically highlighted Franklin, the first black character in the franchise. The series has also attempted to make amends for the infamous 1973 Thanksgiving scene.
Heh.
Wasn’t controversial. Only to some stupid young people
3 of the sides of that table have only 1 person on them. I thought he was going to be a different table or something.
I need to watch this again. I don't remember anything about Franklin being "controversial" besides his very existence (and even then, it was only in the minds of these weirdoes in the media.)
All I remember is Peppermint Patty making a butthead out of herself for putting unrealistic expectations on Charlie Brown after inviting herself over to his place .... not unlike the time she signed up for a skating contest, and roped everyone else and their parents into it.
It wasn’t controversial. First mention I can remember are young millennials/old Gen z types whining. Why some young people should never watch anything made before they were born since they are brainwashed to find racism or sexism in everything
So how long until we get new Peanuts with a trans kid and Darcy is an open lesbian at 10?
Franklin was always just kinda there. He felt like one of the orbital characters that existed, but didn't really do a whole lot, like Shermy. He didn't have a gimmick, like Schroder or Pig-Pen. The most interesting thing about him was that he went to school across town with Peppermint Patty and Marcie, and thus was usually on their team when playing baseball.
And really, there's nothing wrong with that. If anything, making the black kid just another friendly acquaintance to Charlie Brown should send a good message. But of course, it doesn't count as representation unless they're the lead and speaking "truth to power" or whatever....
Umm… he was black. That was his gimmick. Don’t overthink this - Schulz didn’t put Franklin in like a “everyday kid” to see that black people were just like white people. Schulz put him in as a response to MLKs assassination in 1968 and leftists prodding him that his strip was all white and needed diversity and then didn’t do ANYTHING with the character like a typical leftist. Snoops cousin Spike has more personality!
I think a more reasonable public sentiment would be that everyone should be sick of BLM and their Hollywoke coddlers by now.
Another white cuck worshipping a negro to make amends for his privilege. Can't wait for these people to get theirs
I think they meant nontroversy.
I'm not going to go watch a 1973 peanuts cartoon to analyze this, but I'd guess that Franklin being on one side of the table alone was a subtle commentary on segregation, not an endorsement of it. Everyone is so baby brained now that they can't understand anything other than direct, hit-you-over-the-head literal messaging.
I doubt it was intended at all. It was probably a matter of stage framing. Linus gives the prayer so sits at one end of the table. Snoopy serves the food and should be at the other head of the table but for framing had to be next to peppermint patty to show her disgust as he serves. So they both sit together. Charlie Brown has to be next to peppermint patty so she can argue with him in camera frame about what blockhead served the food. That leaves Franklin, Marcy and Sally to seat. Sally sits next to Charlie Brown, she’s his sister after all and… Marcy gets the other head of the table (technically alone) and Franklin gets the other side to balance out the scene.
It’s a complete non-event and they only screamed racism because they needed something else for the daily outrage session!
Nigger fatigue
Some notes - Franklin should be louder, more in your face and have access to a time machine. Whenever Franklin isn't on screen, all the other characters should be asking where's Franklin?