Speaking of whom,Black-ishmade no bones about subtweeting our current candidates during this weeks episode.
The first line of Dres episode-opening narration explores Trumps famous slogan: What truly makes America great?
Dre brings up the racial dynamic of the situation, to which Josh screams hysterically NO!
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You cant play the race card today!
Careful, Dre, he warns, someones setting traps.
Dre tries to prove his point using a different method: Pop cultural comparison.
Ralph Kramden was the beloved protagonist ofThe Honeymoonerseven though his catchphrase was threatening his wife with, pow!
Right in the kisser!
At this point, Curtis walks in and declares that the white girl on the elevator almost had me.
Dre shows the same footage at home and gets two completely different reactions.
He flashes back to his time as an elevator operator.
When a young girl walked into his elevator by herself, he up and quit the job.
Bow thinks these assumptions are outdated: Its Drake summer 16, she points out.
In the real world, Dre explains, its illegal to scare white people.
Johan and Junior respond by pointing out that these white guys dont look scared.
She doesnt even seem to care that shes alone with three black men.
Now Dres seen it all.
Without the threat, his passions for sneakers and necklaces make him seem like a middle-aged woman.
Dre agrees to lighten up a bit.
Bows battle isnt going so well on the other front.
Pops finds her eating ice cream alone and convinces her to finally try some of his pimp techniques.
The two most important: Make them wait, and then make them jealous.
Dres strategy pays immediate dividends.
Hilariously, Junior is already waiting there; he never misses an HOA meeting.
Shes a little drunk, and everyone else is tired of giving her rides.
to make it demonstrate what a good citizen he is now, Dre agrees to drive her home.
Bow implements the first stage of Pops pimp plan: Make them wait.
Rather crazily, she has chosen to apply this strategy to dinner.
She didnt make dinner, which has understandably made the kids a little antsy.
Pops tells her to hold strong, even as her Mama Bear alarms go off.
In the car, Dre, Junior, and Johan are listening to some harmless Hanson.
Just then, a police siren goes off.
I blame myself, Dre says.
Well, obviously, Dre never actually blames himself for anything.
In this case, he blames Junior and Johan for talking him into ignoring 400 years worth of instincts.
Instead, Dre opts to run away.
He just opens the door and skedaddles before the cop even has time to get out of his car.
Bow and Pops hear a police siren in the background, but are still focused on their plan.
Its now time for step two: Make them jealous.
Just then Dre comes in, and tells his family to act like hes been there the whole time.
Junior comes next, followed, eventually, by Johan.
Worse, Dre answers, since youre a grown man.
The fact that the cop in question is never seen somewhat undercut the themes at work here.
It makes for an anticlimactic end to the episode, and makes the greater thematic point somewhat toothless.
