Science from the University of North Texas and a BFA from the To write for over a dozen websites, including 411 Legendary DC Comics digital fanzine Fanzing,īefore receiving his own column, The Mount. Matt Morrison has been writing about comics since before the word Ironically, this effort to address timely issues ensured the series' continued longevity and popularity today, as the same problems the series addressed are still relevant. While the series was largely comedic in tone, a number of episodes dealt with serious issues rarely tackled on television at the time, such as Will and Carlton being arrested on suspicion of stealing a car because they were Black and Will confronting his biological father regarding how he abandoned Will and his mother. While the show originally centered around the conflict between Will and his Uncle Phil and the culture shock as the street-smart Will disrupted his family's high-society lifestyle, the show came to center more around the odd-couple antics of Will and his more serious cousin, Carlton. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cast Smith in the role of a high-school student " born and raised" in West Philadelphia who, after getting into a fight, moved in with his affluent aunt and uncle in the ritzy Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
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