Hvor gik denise hen i en anden verden?
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Efter den første sæson blev Cosby og producenterne opmærksomme på, at serien ikke var et korrekt portræt af et historisk sort college og livet på campus, så Debbie Allen, en tidligere elev fra Howard University, blev ansat som den kreative hovedkraft til at forny showet. I sommeren 1988 meddelte Lisa Bonet, at hun og hendes mand Lenny Kravitz skulle have et barn. Allen gik ind for at have en ung gravid studerende med i showet, men Cosby sagde, at Lisa Bonet måske kunne være gravid, men ikke Denise Huxtable. Man mente, at seerne ikke ville acceptere Denise som en ugift mor, da de havde lært hende at kende som en "god pige" efter fire sæsoner af The Cosby Show. Derfor blev det besluttet, at Denise skulle droppe ud af Hillman, vende hjem til sin familie og til sidst rejse til Afrika i løbet af den femte sæson af The Cosby Show, hvilket sikrede, at seerne ikke ville se en gravid Denise. Allen gik også ind for at beholde Tomei, da hun selv minder om en hvid studerende på Howard og ønskede at fortælle det i serien og endda havde mulige forudsætninger for hendes karakter, såsom at hun skulle møde Dwaynes forældre og se den anden side af racismen. Tomei forlod dog serien, og hun og Marie-Alise Recasner blev erstattet af henholdsvis Cree Summer og Charnele Brown. Darryl M. Bell og Sinbad blev forfremmet til hovedrolleindehaverne, og Glynn Turman og Lou Myers blev tilføjet som birollemedlemmer. Disse ændringer førte til, at Whitley og Dwayne blev placeret i centrum af et større ensemble, der beskæftigede sig med mere relevante emner fra den tid.
A Different World
After the first season, it came to Cosby's and the producers' attention that the series was not accurately portraying a historically black college and life on campus, so Debbie Allen, an alumna of Howard University, was hired as the chief creative force to revamp the show. During the summer of 1988, Lisa Bonet announced that she and husband Lenny Kravitz were having a baby. Allen was in favor of having a young pregnant student in the show, but Cosby said that Lisa Bonet may be pregnant but not Denise Huxtable. It was felt that viewers would not accept Denise as an unwed mother, having grown to know her as a "good girl" after four seasons of The Cosby Show. Thus it was decided that Denise would drop out of Hillman, return home to her family, and eventually travel to Africa throughout the fifth season of The Cosby Show, ensuring that viewers would not see a pregnant Denise. Allen was also in favor of keeping Tomei, as she herself recalls a white student at Howard and wanted to relate that in the show and even had possible premises for her character, such as meeting Dwayne's parents and seeing the other side of racism. However, Tomei left the show, and she and Marie-Alise Recasner were replaced by Cree Summer and Charnele Brown, respectively. Darryl M. Bell and Sinbad were promoted to the principal cast, and Glynn Turman and Lou Myers were added as supporting cast members. These changes led to the placement of Whitley and Dwayne at the center of a wider ensemble, dealing with more relevant issues of the day.
A Different World