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Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.
The series made stars out of child actors Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato, and became known for the "very special episodes" in which serious issues such as racism, illegal drug use and child sexual abuse were dramatically explored. The lives of these stars were later plagued by legal troubles and drug addiction, as the stardom and success they achieved while on the show eluded them after the series was cancelled, with both Plato and Coleman having early deaths.
Style:
sitcom, sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, vintage
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
african american, orphan, interracial adoption, brother brother relationship, black, adoption, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, odd couple, child care, teenage life, society, mischievous children, disorder, fish out of water, eccentric family, father son relationship, urban, foster child, girl, dysfunctional family, widower, siblings, black sitcom ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, manhattan, new york city
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