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sacredblasphemies t1_j4jib8e wrote

This should have been done before half the cast was dead.

It's hard to have Night Court without Harry, Mac, and Christine.

Besides, Dan Fielding was sort of the worst most dated character of the bunch. Just a sleazy sex-obsessed fiend.

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dbcanuck t1_j4jsr7w wrote

Dan Fielding was a cad, which was where the humor came from.

He's not a dated character; he was awful even in the 1980s which is why he was funny. Its a stereotype that has always existed.

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sacredblasphemies t1_j4jvakh wrote

I think the 80s were more accepting of characters that manipulated others in order to have sex with them.

Dan definitely came off as a bit rapey. Unless they updated the character to have grown past that, I'm not sure such a protagonist belongs in media. Especially in an era when many young men idolize people like Andrew Tate and other figures of toxic masculinity.

It's broadly a good thing in our society that we no longer have characters like Dan portrayed sympathetically.

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tfresca t1_j4nvo81 wrote

Night Court ran for two seasons without either of those actors.

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