Everybody Hates Chris
Everybody Hates Chris
TV-PG | 22 September 2005 (USA)
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    chlee-48753

    Chris is a boy and he wants girls and money, but when he waked up. mother is shouting. Chris felt his mother hates him. he has a younger brother and a younger sister. his younger brother is taller than him, when he go to school. A girl talked with his brother. Chris felt she hates him. When he took a bus, a white woman was standing, Chris made seats, but the white woman denied him, I felt the TV show shows racism in America. And Caruso, the bully said a racial slur. This is a demeaning words for a black man. If you are not a black man. Also, the principal says Chris don't defile his shoes.(the principal is a white man....) After school, Chris fought with Caruso. Caruso hits Chris. when Chris got home. He ate his dad's chicken. and his mother scolded him...... I think that the TV show shows racism in American society, and this show was made to show sympathy towards children.

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    Katey Rudinskiy

    I have just finished watching the 4 seasons of Everybody Hates Chris. Let me say, every episode is extremely funny and outstandingly entertaining! Why you ask. Because, the entire cast and guest actors are extraordinarily talented with sharp comic skills; and the directing, the script and Chris Rock narration, just excellent! It is sad that there are only 4 seasons, but 4 seasons of pure entertainment. The show also does a sentimental approach but always remains entertaining and funny. It is vivid that all the actors appearing on the show take their role extremely seriously. Also, I have to emphasize the facial expressions of the stars on the show are so funny! And also Mr. Omar's : "Tragic, Tragic" phrase makes you laugh so hard each time he says these two words.

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    Sumedha Mane

    I think that is a clever title for a comment. Now I find the name of the program "Everybody hates Chris" really funny! I mean the comment entitled that asks whether it is a parody of "Everybody Loves Raymond". I was wondering why the show was called that since it is a comedy show, I expected some sort of funny title-now finally I get it..I think? I'm quite enjoying the show at the moment. I love the relationship between Chris and his friend at school, and all the 80's nostalgia. Really takes me back. It doesn't seem like long ago at all-perhaps it is a long time for younger people! I liked the Prince costume episode where Chris went to his first party for Halloween. 13 is a strange age isn't it? You're not a baby anymore, or at least you don't think you are, but you're still a school kid. I wonder how long the series will go on for-if like "The Wonder Years", we will see what happened to Chris when he got further into his teens. That would be interesting I think.

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    D_Burke

    When I was in the seventh and eighth grade, if someone were to have told me that Chris Rock was an awkward teenager who was unpopular in school, got picked on, and had little luck with women, I would have thought that someone was crazy. The truth was, during my junior high years, Chris Rock was just becoming nationally known for his raunchy stand-up, and a lot of kids in my class really liked his act and would repeat it verbatim. I still think Chris Rock is funny, but I never knew this other self-conscious side to him which is exhibited brilliantly by actor Tyler James Williams."Everybody Hates Chris" is an excellent show which, despite going into its fourth season, is still highly underrated. It's just as funny as "30 Rock" and "The Office", the sitcoms which are probably the most talked about these days. It also has been nominated for two Emmys and one Golden Globe, none of which were awarded for acting or even screen writing. That surprises me because not only is this show very funny, but it has a lot of heart to it. I see the show as a brilliant combination of elements of "Seinfeld", "Good Times", "The Wonder Years", "Scrubs", "All In The Family", and "Parker Lewis".My adolescence was not identical to Rock's. I didn't grow up in the city, and I come from an upper middle class family with one brother. I also didn't get beat up a lot in school, but I had some troubles with grades, I was terrible with women, and I felt alienated on more than one occasion. Seeing this show, I could identify with some of those feelings, and a lot of the laughter that comes from the show comes from familiarity. That also includes some of the family situations, particularly when the mother is involved.Tichina Arnold really needs to be nominated for an Emmy, because she is the glue that holds this show together. She is just incredibly funny, and her scenes always have a degree of poignancy. Terry Crews is also very good as Chris's father Julius, but from what I know about Rock in real life, I have the feeling that Crews' portrayal is a little bit sugarcoated.Of course, if you're looking for historical accuracy in this show, you're not likely to find it. For instance, while Chris Rock has two siblings on the show, in real life he has seven including a half-brother. While Chris on the show was 13 by the time 1982 rolled around, the real Chris Rock was born in 1965, and would have been 17 around that time. Why Rock chose to have the series take place in the early 80's based on that fact, I don't know. It works though, and not just for nostalgic reasons.Last but not least, this show is among the only ones whose narration really adds to the story, rather than making up for what the filmmakers declined to film. Chris Rock proves from narrating here that he's funny even when he's not swearing, and he makes some hilarious comparisons to modern life in juxtaposition to the early 80's."Everybody Hates Chris" is the CW's first sitcom that really has crossover potential, which I believe it has somewhat achieved. Its popularity has waned somewhat during the last few years only because of it being switched from Thursday night to Monday night to Sunday night to Friday night to wherever it is at the moment. It's not canceled yet, and I hope there are at least two more years worth of episodes which find their way onto DVD. If you have not seen an episode of this show, look it up and watch it. I highly recommend it!

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