two related people the show is built around (Synclair & Khadijah, Monica & Ross) ย
with childhood friends living nearby if not with them (Regine for Khadijah, Chandler for Ross or Rachel for Monica)
and a school friend thatโs always there or moves in (Maxine for Khadijah, and again Chandler for Ross or Rachel for Monica)
the two dudes across the hall/in the building, one of which isย hella sarcastic with a much more โgrown manโ professionย andย the other kinda goofy (Kyle and Overton, Chandler and Joey)
a character who used to be really fat as a child and adolescentโฆ and became almost obsessed with thinness in adulthood (Kyle, Monica)
Phoebe = clearly Synclair
Monica = slightly modified Khadijah to make her more traditionally (read, eurocentrically) feminine, but still incredibly competitive with a nontraditional job where sheโs her own boss in a field that caters to the tastes of others.
Ross = modified Maxine to make him less โalpha maleโ-ish (heโs supposed to be a more refined man in eurocentric and elitist terms), but still highly educated and competitive, fiercely loyalโฆ and a protracted on again off again relationship with one of the other characters.
the only thing they didnโt do was put Synclair and Overton together on their show (even though everyone pushed for Phoebe and Joey to be together).
and the craziest thing is youโd think it took years for Living Single to establish all of these relationships so that Friends stans could say some of it just happened to co-develop, but nah. I have the entire first season of Living Single and all of this was established in that first season.
So yeah girlโฆ just like you saidโฆ ย Friends, even though it is one of my favorite shows ever, really is just a blatant ripoff and whitewashing of Living Single.
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