Cosby
Americannoun
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But before Cosby’s crimes came to light, his sitcom was a colossal hit, and its presentation of the Huxtable family as the American ideal—well-to-do, wise, funny, enormously likable—helped redefine both how television portrayed Black people and how white audiences viewed them.
Best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, Malcolm-Jamal Warner starred in the hugely popular US sitcom from 1984-1992.
From BBC
Cosby’s southern crime novel “King of Ashes” was a critical hit and a New York Times bestseller earlier this year.
But more of Cosby’s fans have listened to the story than read it.
Cosby has had the same narrator for multiple novels, giving listeners a sense of consistency.
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