Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 11 - HBO Max (**Spoilers**)

Is that a reference to me? I never said that the casting of Leon is stereotypical racism. Read my previous posts accurately if you want to have a pop.

Well as I said I grew up in a black neighborhood in the US where on more than one occasion I was beat up, sucker punched, had items robbed from me before specifically because I was the white boy so I've probably experienced a lot more racism than yourself. I've also likely been around a lot more black American males than you have and lots of them act like Leon. Some I knew were even crazier. And none of them would think the show is racist. Unless you use an actual racial slur they aren't bothered, much like the Irish they usually have a good sense of humour about themselves. Omg there I go stereotyping again.

I don't doubt that you knew people that acted like you say they did, that they were almost stereotypes themselves. I encountered that in America too with many different races. All I'm saying is that I used to love Curb because Larry was smart enough to say offensive sh*t and have stereotypes in the show, but he'd end up making himself the butt of the joke/loser in the end. The show hasn't done that recently, and there's more of a "isn't Larry great, let's cheer him for being offensive and challenging PC-culture" feel to the show. And having Leon there as the only black character sticks in my craw because all I see is the stereotype now. Leon was hilarious when there were other black characters around him, now he's just a token character with no reason to be there, repeating his same tired shtick. Mind you, the rest of the show seems uninspired now too. It used to be very smart and inspired, but now it's lazy. Even in the last episode Larry mentioned someone's pronouns assuming they were "they". It was just a throwaway line, just to show Larry addressing this issue, but old Curb would have made this into a storyline with confusion caused by peoples chosen pronouns. Just my 2 cents. Forget about me. What do I know?

Fantastic. Vintage Curb.

Thought Ep4, but wondered why Leon and other black people couldn't eat watermelon? Is that a reference back to a previous episode or something?

Edit: It's ok, I looked it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype

Just watched ep 4 and all I could think of with the watermelon bit was the lad here that keeps tying himself up in knots about Leon. In fact it's a bit Larry Davidesque you could say.

I think you're all a bit obsessed with me on this thread. While it's good to know that I impact so many peoples' minds, it is a little weird too. I only expressed an opinion and as the great Norm MacDonald said "opinions are like assholes. Neil Patrick Harris wants to cram...". Better leave that one there :)

No, but I must get around to watching it: it's supposed to be one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. Thanks for the recommendation.

Just caught up with (first 5) episodes on Now TV so far. I'll finish the season, but think it may have run its course for me. Things seem a bit forced and maybe the whole schtick is getting a bit over-familiar. I thought the same at the start of the last season but then felt things picked up, if I recall; this time not so much. Having said that, I'll probably tune in again if there's another season 🤪 [Posting this before looking at others' comments so far.]