The unfortunate side of knowledge is that you can't easily unlearn things; the stick in the back of your head and prickle.
I love That 70s Show, Friends, and many others, but there are some serious issues with them.
This post focuses on That 70s Show.
There's overt racism and sexism, not to mention the slightly more covert homophobia.
The show is rife with "slut" "whore" and judgements about the sexuality of women. Donna presents a fairly strong female lead, but when she voices any vaguely "feminist" notions, she's either ridiculed, laughed at, or she backs off from them.
As for Fez, not an episode goes by without them making some joke about his accent or where he came from.
The show was seriously starting to bother and disappoint me, but I came to the conclusion that you'll just end up hating everything if you let it all get to you. The point is to be critical. You can enjoy things for their entertainment value as long as you recognize the issues. It's when people see something on tv and then think it's OK to emulate it where problems arise and racism, sexism, homophobia, etc are perpetuated in the real world.
