“I was well aware of the lack of diversity.” David Schwimmer had to “campaign for years” for Ross to date non-white girlfriends. The actor, who played the “Friends” character for ten seasons, has revealed he was very aware of the lack of diversity on the show. “Maybe there should be an all-black Friends or an
“I was well aware of the lack of diversity.”The actor, who played the “Friends” character for ten seasons, has revealed he was very aware of the lack of diversity on the show.
“One of the first girlfriends I had on the show was an Asian American woman, and later I dated African American women. That was a very conscious push on my part.” While “Friends” remains extremely popular 16 years after its finale — Netflix paid $100m for its subscribers to have access to reruns up to the end of last year — there are reports of younger audience members who did not grow up with the show taking issue with certain storylines, with some going so far as to describe them as sexist, homophobic and transphobic.“I don’t care,” he said of the criticism.
He added: “It’s interesting also how the show handled the Judaism of the characters. I don’t think that was earth-shattering or groundbreaking at all, but I for one was glad that we had at least one episode where it wasn’t just about Christmas. It was also Hanukkah and, even though I played the Hanukkah armadillo — I was glad that we at least acknowledged the differences in religious observation.”
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