'Living Single' Fans Push for Reunion Special After 'Friends' Reunion Hype
Friends: The Reunion premiered on HBO Max last week, but it made many fans nostalgic for another [...]
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It’s NEEDED!!! https://t.co/BMDSjVUgFt
— knowhere💫 (@keyraedynamite) May 30, 2021
Many fans were pleased to see they were not the only ones longing for a Living Single reboot, or comparing the show's legacy with that of Friends.
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living single, Bernie Mac show, One on One, girlfriends...those shows are so good https://t.co/cBDE95FH5j
— nina is sour 🅴 (@21stcenturylivs) June 1, 2021
In hindsight, many fans thought that modern creators could take some cues from Living Single and other predominantly Black sitcoms of the 1990s.
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Just a reminder that the awful show “friends” is a ripoff of “living single”... that is all. pic.twitter.com/ob4cumzzgU
— Quise (@divaquise) May 27, 2021
Friends was literally the result of white panic over Living Single. https://t.co/aSfNlh27SX
— Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️ (@Imani_Barbarin) May 29, 2021
Many fans maintain that Friends is a ripoff of Living Single, repurposed for a predominantly white audience. Some parroted Queen Latifah herself, who said that Friends had copied Living Single quite frankly in a 2017 interview on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
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I only hear yall talk about Living Single in relation to Friends, are we not tired?
— If Beale Street Could Twerk (@camerouninema) May 30, 2021
At this point, the comparison between these two shows is so common that some fans are sick of only hearing about Living Single when it relates to Friends. They want the show to be able to stand on its own merits.
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This pic is literally the creator of friends listening in on the Living Single writer’s room🧍🏾♀️
— ThisBeLi✨ (@pennylem0n) May 31, 2021
I could never relate to Friends. Living Single tho 🥰 pic.twitter.com/AZCRauQGSu
— Sara Roselyn Reiter (@SaraReiter) May 27, 2021
Both Friends and Living Single have inspired plenty of memes in the social media age, and fans brought them all out for this occasion.
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Whiskey is still good in case y’all didn’t know. Also if there is a reboot of Living Single, I hope Regine’s wig ministry is vindicated. Because for as much shade as she got, they were always together!
— Ryan Ken (@Ryan_Ken_Acts) May 28, 2021
In the event that a Living Single revival did come about, fans had plenty of ideas for it and priorities for what they'd want to see on screen. Most were just hopeful that the full cast could be reassembled with no absences.
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I’m watching the “Friends Reunion” and the creators talking about how they came up with the show. I’m just waiting on the part when they say they stole it from “Living Single” 🥴
— Marquis Cortez (@Marquiscortez_) May 27, 2021
Finally, many critics said that they might be able to let the comparisons go if only the creators of Friends would admit that they were at least inspired by Living Single. So far, there has been no admission to that effect.
Friends and Friends: The Reunion are streaming now on HBO Max. Living Single is streaming on Hulu, with a free trial available for new users here. So far, the revival Queen Latifah has alluded to has not been announced by any networks or streaming services.