Coles tells EW the story of when she realized Living Single transcended racial boundaries.
“Well, this cute little Jewish man came to me and started squeezing my arm.
He was like ‘Hey beautiful, how are ya?
Erika Alexander, Queen Latifah, Kim Fields, and Kim Coles on ‘Living Single’.Credit: Everett Collection
I’m from New York and you girls remind me of my time in Brooklyn.’
I know who that man was.
I lived in Brooklyn, in a neighborhood that was predominantly Jewish.
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He knew who I was; I knew who he was.
I remember telling my friends, this Black show resonated with this man.
So that really opened up my eyes.
I would say to anyone, if you want to laugh, you’ll laugh.”
Now, people have the ability to see what’s come before to spark something anew."
Of note: WithLiving Single, Bowser becamethe first African-American womanto develop her own prime-time series.
“Listen, men can be bad, men can be good.
Women can be bad, women can be good,” Coles says.
“I think there’s there’s a typical caricature of the bumbling husband who knows nothing.
Then there’s the caricature of the silly, goofy wife.
On a sitcom, you need human characteristics that you might believe in.”
Synclaire is a prime example.
In today’s time, you would say, could anybody be that innocent?
I didn’t like it when people called her dumb.
“It was special.
The live audience was truly part of the show.
But I don’t know what’s going to happen with the live audience.
I haven’t even thought that far ahead.”
“We had a lot of folks who came and played with us onLiving Single.
It was fun to work with them.
It was a delight,” she says.
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