Bill Cosby is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and author. He began his stand-up career in 1961 when he decided to leave his hometown, Temple, to book shows in New York City, Chicago, Las Vegas, and San Francisco. Since then, Cosby has won numerous of prestigious awards for his standup comedy performances as well as his comedy television series. In October of 2014, sexual assault and rape allegations against Cosby became public when the first woman, Andrea Constand, spoke out about her story. Since then, “at least sixty women have accused Cosby of some form of sexual assault.” However, Constand’s case was the only case that was tried for criminal charges because many of the accusers’ allegations took place longer than the 12-year
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The Cosby Show was unlike any other comedy show at that time. This show went against the norm to show that the opposite side of the societal gender roles are acceptable. If a woman wants to be a housewife who focuses on raising her children or a career woman, it is her choice. If a man wants to be equally involved in his career and family, it should be his choice. Bill Cosby proved to viewers of the show that women were not meant to be treated like objects or forced under their gender roles. This show along with Cosby proved to society that stereotypical gender roles can be proven wrong. It helped women and men believe that individual feeling is often more important than the typical societal belief. His televised persona portrays a sense of innocence to his character. Because of this, one might think that this condemns Cosby’s rape message while continuing to watch and enjoy the show and its comedy. However, this show is completely fiction. Cliff Huxtable is a fictional character. This fictional character is Cosby’s way of hiding his true character. It is difficult to re watch an episode of the show without it reminding viewers that this was Cosby’s way of staying silent in response to questions about the allegations. If many are distracted by that thought while watching the show, imagine how the assault victims would …show more content…
He has joked about putting drugs in women’s drinks in his 1969 comedy album, It’s True! It’s True! In this album, there was a track called “The Spanish Fly.” Part of this track says:
“Guys standing around and talking about Spanish Fly: ‘You know anything about Spanish Fly?’
‘No, tell me about it.’
Well there’s this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she,
‘Haaaaaaaah.’
Oh yeah that’s groovy man, Spanish Fly is groovy, yeah.
From then on, any time you see a girl: ‘Wish I had some Spanish
The Cosby Show was unlike any other comedy show at that time. This show went against the norm to show that the opposite side of the societal gender roles are acceptable. If a woman wants to be a housewife who focuses on raising her children or a career woman, it is her choice. If a man wants to be equally involved in his career and family, it should be his choice. Bill Cosby proved to viewers of the show that women were not meant to be treated like objects or forced under their gender roles. This show along with Cosby proved to society that stereotypical gender roles can be proven wrong. It helped women and men believe that individual feeling is often more important than the typical societal belief. His televised persona portrays a sense of innocence to his character. Because of this, one might think that this condemns Cosby’s rape message while continuing to watch and enjoy the show and its comedy. However, this show is completely fiction. Cliff Huxtable is a fictional character. This fictional character is Cosby’s way of hiding his true character. It is difficult to re watch an episode of the show without it reminding viewers that this was Cosby’s way of staying silent in response to questions about the allegations. If many are distracted by that thought while watching the show, imagine how the assault victims would …show more content…
He has joked about putting drugs in women’s drinks in his 1969 comedy album, It’s True! It’s True! In this album, there was a track called “The Spanish Fly.” Part of this track says:
“Guys standing around and talking about Spanish Fly: ‘You know anything about Spanish Fly?’
‘No, tell me about it.’
Well there’s this girl Crazy Mary, you put some in her drink man, she,
‘Haaaaaaaah.’
Oh yeah that’s groovy man, Spanish Fly is groovy, yeah.
From then on, any time you see a girl: ‘Wish I had some Spanish