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Podcast: Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®
Episode: Bonanza
Description: Bonanza: A situation or event that creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits.
It was also a TV show in the heyday of westerns, and ran from 1959 to 1973, second only to Gunsmoke in longevity. It’s still shown in reruns on a variety of cable channels.
By accident, I happened to see one the other day with a disclaimer on the screen, citing racial stereotyping on the show and to be aware of it. My first reaction was that this racial and gender stereotyping was all-too-common in the past. My second, however, is that wouldn’t a viewer...