Word: poussaint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They're letting out anger," explains Alvin Poussaint, the Harvard educator and psychiatrist. "There's a lot of free-floating anger and rage among a lot of our youth...
Unlike Fatherhood, which felt obliged to interrupt the jokes for a few passages of banal "advice" to parents, Time Flies makes no claim to great significance. That job, as in the earlier book, is left to a plodding introduction by Alvin Poussaint, a Harvard psychiatry professor who is a consultant on Cosby's TV show. And if the kvetching starts to grow wearisome, Cosby manages to end on a note of uplift: " 'Dee-fense!' I am crying to joints that need 3-in-One Oil, to intestines that are begging for custard, and to eyes that are proud of their...
...show's frequent, but uninsistent, references to black culture. When Son Theo has to read a book for school, chances are it will be Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man; when Denise is considering colleges, all-black schools are the topic of discussion. Each script is reviewed by Poussaint to ensure psychological credibility and avoid negative stereotyping. His sanitizing hand can be as heavy as a network censor's. In the original script for one Halloween episode, Vanessa and a friend were to dress up as a witch and Captain Hook. Poussaint vetoed both, arguing that witches perpetuate an offensive image...
Many figures in the entertainment industry contend that rap is no more aggressive than heavy metal, punk and other types of highly charged rock 'n' roll. Rejecting the notion that rap is inherently violent, Psychiatrist Alvin Poussaint of Harvard explains that "rap music really comes from inner-city street kids, some of whom are gang members immersed in antisocial behavior." Promoters have found that when guards are trained to spot gang colors and bar potential troublemakers, rap concerts are trouble free. Meanwhile, Run-D.M.C. is proceeding with the final week of its tour, hoping to raise a little less...
...itself and needs no advertising copy," advises the author. And so, at $14.95 apiece, will Fatherhood. But just in case, Doubleday has planned a $300,000 promotion campaign, and will swamp stores with a first printing of 750,000 copies. Featuring an introduction and afterword by Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint, the Harvard psychiatrist and script adviser on Cosby's hit TV series, the 192-page parental primer is already a Literary Guild selection. A new comedy album, called Those of You With or Without Children, You'll Understand, will be released shortly, to boost and be boosted by the book...