{"id":1597,"date":"2012-03-10T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2012-03-10T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T17:08:57","slug":"rob-is-good-comedy-fare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/03\/rob-is-good-comedy-fare.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Rob’ Is Good Comedy Fare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comedies with real laughs that are mostly inoffensive don’t come around often these days.<\/p>\n

‘Rob’<\/em> is one such television program.<\/p>\n

The CBS comedy, starring ex-SNL’er<\/em> Rob Schneider<\/strong>, is a crisply written, well-acted program that makes you laugh in pretty much cringe-free fashion.<\/p>\n

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Rob Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Schneider is at his best here, not doing in-yer’ face comedy a la SNL, but rather a somewhat tightly-wound husband of a pretty Latino woman.<\/p>\n

Not only is she (Claudia Bassols<\/strong>) improving as an actress from the beginning of the series, the show also draws off the strength of the father-in-law character of Cheech Marin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Marin correctly tells Rob at one point not to argue with his new bride, but rather learn how to accept “losing”.<\/p>\n

Rob is so regimented that when Bassols’ character tries to introduce a new pillow into their home it throws him off.<\/p>\n

He eventually throws it out, or tries to.<\/p>\n

The show treads into dangerous territory with the lecherous cousin-type and the grandmother with a shrine in her bedroom.<\/p>\n

The cousin is eventually “forced” to work in the family’s car wash, though he makes a wet mess of himself by getting caught up in the brushes.<\/p>\n

I would disagree with this being a knock on Latinos, however, as several cultures have similar stereotypes that are not exclusive to that great culture.<\/p>\n

The early reviews for Rob weren’t good, but an episode I recently watched was pretty funny and didn’t degrade Latinos.<\/p>\n

I say give Rob a chance.<\/p>\n

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