Ngokuphikisana nesizinda esisha sokulwa nobuhlanga, amafilimu amaningi kanye nama-serials avela esikhathini esedlule, lapho manje abona isimo sengqondo esidabukisayo noma esibandlululayo manje. I-Cult Sterter "Abangani" kulokhu futhi kubhebhethekisa. Ngakho-ke, umlingisi uDavid Schwimmer, owadlala ochungechungeni uRoss, wakwenza ngesinye isikhathi wafuna ukudala kwabadali, ukuze iqhawe lakhe liqale kabusha ubudlelwane no- "Colour" abesifazane:
Ngacabanga ngakho. Ngibe nomuzwa ngempela wokuthi iRoss kufanele itholakale nabantu abehlukene, nabesifazane bezinhlanga ezihlukile. Kwabonakala kungalungile ukuthi ezinhlotsheni zethu zombukiso azivezwanga ngevolumu efanelekile,
- Kusho iSchwimmer engxoxweni nezokuzijabulisa kulobubusuku.
Khumbula ukuthi ngezinkathi eziyishumi ze- "Friends" Ross zihlangane nabesifazane ababili "umbala" - ngoJulie, odlalwa nguLoro Tom, kanye noCharlie, owenza u-Aisha Tyler. Ngasikhathi sinye, iSchvimmer ithokozela iqiniso lokuthi "kubangani" ubudlelwano bobulili obuthile obubonisiwe, ngoba kungukuthi umabonakude wama-90s kwakuyinto ethize:
Umbukiso wethu wakwazi ukuguqula izinto ezinhle kakhulu. Uma ukhumbula isiqephu se-Pilot, iqhawe lami lihlala lilodwa, ngoba umkakhe waya komunye umuntu wesifazane. Ngicabanga ukuthi bekukuhle ukuthi "abangane" bakhonjiswa umshado wobulili obufanayo.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi muva nje uMdali wabangani bakaMartha Kauffman abuye azisole ukuthi ngasikhathi sinye akazange akwephule ukwehlukahlukana okwengeziwe, ngokobulili nangobuhlanga kulolu chungechunge.