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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

It follows the progression of Black comedy through the years, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose and challenge society's injustices

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Mark Anthony Neal

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Tiffany Haddish

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David Alan Grier

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Sherri Shepherd

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Marsha Warfield

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Jimmie 'JJ' Walker

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Kevin Dotcom Brown

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Donnell Rawlings

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Christian Gregory

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Elizabeth Pryor

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Michael Eric Dyson

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Michael Harriot

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Kliph Nesteroff

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Darryl 'D'Militant' Littleton

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Allison Samuels

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Louis Chude-Sokei

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"I'mma go down here
and I'mma try - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

"I'mma go down here and I'mma try

When the civil rights movement,
you know, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When the civil rights movement, you know,

If y'all ever march on me, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

If y'all ever march on me,

Brought by Mr. Landlord. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Brought by Mr. Landlord.

Remember, he did a sketch - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Remember, he did a sketch

He was the highest-paid
entertainer, Black or white, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was the highest-paid entertainer, Black or white,

That was a sketch
about White privilege - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

That was a sketch about White privilege

He, like, marched with those
guys and bled with those guys - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He, like, marched with those guys and bled with those guys

So it wasn't just about
somebody canceling you - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

So it wasn't just about somebody canceling you

He's doing this before anybody. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He's doing this before anybody.

It was really showing that
it's a whole different world - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

It was really showing that it's a whole different world

His path was more difficult
than for most comedians. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

His path was more difficult than for most comedians.

We don't have to bother
with these formalities, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

We don't have to bother with these formalities,

My father was born in 1932 - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

My father was born in 1932

My father was an incredible
athlete at Sumner High School. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

My father was an incredible athlete at Sumner High School.

He was an accidental activist
when he broke the mile record - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was an accidental activist when he broke the mile record

My idea of what's funny, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

My idea of what's funny,

It's like the censors won't let
me do a lot of things - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

It's like the censors won't let me do a lot of thi...

He was outraged
and he was marching down - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was outraged and he was marching down

Well, there just so happened
to be a NAACP march - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Well, there just so happened to be a NAACP march

The only TV he did was "SNL" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The only TV he did was "SNL"

He was so animated,
because he always is, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was so animated, because he always is,

I think part of the reason
that Eddie Murphy - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I think part of the reason that Eddie Murphy

Next day all over
the newspaper was, you know, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Next day all over the newspaper was, you know,

This was just setting the stage - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

This was just setting the stage

When he's singing "Roxanne,"
you go, "Wait! - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When he's singing "Roxanne," you go, "Wa...

Shouldn't he be singing
some rap song?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Shouldn't he be singing some rap song?"

Not allowing himself
to be stereotyped. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Not allowing himself to be stereotyped.

In 1958, I walked into
a nightclub for the first time - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

In 1958, I walked into a nightclub for the first time

When he put on the hat and said, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When he put on the hat and said,

He was an impoverished,
young Black man - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was an impoverished, young Black man

Eddie was kind of the first
Black actor - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Eddie was kind of the first Black actor

Like, you had blaxploitation
stuff in the '70s, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Like, you had blaxploitation stuff in the '70s,

Get ready for Santa Claus." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Get ready for Santa Claus."

Eddie took that and said, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Eddie took that and said,

For the most part,
standup comedy was a bunch - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

For the most part, standup comedy was a bunch

I remember seeing Bill Cosby
on Ebony - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I remember seeing Bill Cosby on Ebony

And so Dick Gregory becomes
a part of a school of comedy - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And so Dick Gregory becomes a part of a school of comedy

And then Eddie's was
"The Billion Dollar Man." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And then Eddie's was "The Billion Dollar Man."...

And I actually want you
to get to know me." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And I actually want you to get to know me."

Call me a cab." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Call me a cab."

And a level of fame - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And a level of fame

He wanted to be
universally funny. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He wanted to be universally funny.

During that time,
you were starting to see - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

During that time, you were starting to see

If somebody said,
"He wasn't a political guy," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

If somebody said, "He wasn't a political guy,"...

The country was changing,
and that's when he realized - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The country was changing, and that's when he realized

And where he pivoted
was to news. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And where he pivoted was to news.

He became obsessed with reading
newspapers, just obsessed. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He became obsessed with reading newspapers, just obsessed.

I like to party
and hang out with friends - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I like to party and hang out with friends

There's one area in the South - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

There's one area in the South

He thought he was leaning up
against a snow bank, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He thought he was leaning up against a snow bank,

As a comedian,
he was really looking at - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

As a comedian, he was really looking at

I figure,
if Jimmie Walker could fuck, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I figure, if Jimmie Walker could fuck,

But Dick Gregory was doing this
in the heat of the moment - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

But Dick Gregory was doing this in the heat of the moment

Well, the 1980s
were Reagan America. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Well, the 1980s were Reagan America.

You think about, like,
the pressure - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

You think about, like, the pressure

It was about conspicuous consumption - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

It was about conspicuous consumption

Most people don't have that kind
of confidence, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Most people don't have that kind of confidence,

Everyone in the whole world
knows this is wrong. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Everyone in the whole world knows this is wrong.

So then you can make humor
out of it and matter like - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

So then you can make humor out of it and matter like

Despite his tremendous success, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Despite his tremendous success,

He used his intellect, but he
still hit you in the mouth. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He used his intellect, but he still hit you in the mouth.

Spike Lee says Hollywood
should do the right thing - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Spike Lee says Hollywood should do the right thing

When Negroes in Chicago
move into one large area - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When Negroes in Chicago move into one large area

He says he only counts two
Black executives at Paramount - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He says he only counts two Black executives at Paramount

Eddie says, "Well, Spike,
I can't jump on a table - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Eddie says, "Well, Spike, I can't jump on a table

The criticism of him, I think,
is a little bit unfair - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The criticism of him, I think, is a little bit unfair

Dick Gregory always had
the capacity to disarm people. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Dick Gregory always had the capacity to disarm people.

You know, his great
breakthrough moment - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

You know, his great breakthrough moment

Eddie was a guy who did
look out for the other comics. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Eddie was a guy who did look out for the other comics.

He gets the chance to fill in
at The Playboy Club. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He gets the chance to fill in at The Playboy Club.

When he did "Raw," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When he did "Raw,"

"Professor" Irwin Corey,
who was a big comic back then, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

"Professor" Irwin Corey, who was a big comic back ...

When Arsenio first has
"The Late Show," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

When Arsenio first has "The Late Show,"

Irwin Corey was a hip guy, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Irwin Corey was a hip guy,

You know, he said, Sure,
let's give him a shot." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

You know, he said, Sure, let's give him a shot."

Chris Rock, for example,
became Eddie's protégé, right? - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Chris Rock, for example, became Eddie's protégé, right?...

If you ever see
"Beverly Hills Cop II," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

If you ever see "Beverly Hills Cop II,"

They were gonna cancel
the comedian that night - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

They were gonna cancel the comedian that night

Now, do you go a step further - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Now, do you go a step further

This is one of the first times
that he really encounters - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

This is one of the first times that he really encounters

Eddie Murphy changed the shape
of the movie industry - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Eddie Murphy changed the shape of the movie industry

So when I get called down here
to The Playboy Club, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

So when I get called down here to The Playboy Club,

Because he was a Black man succeeding - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Because he was a Black man succeeding

And I'm running and I'm slipping
and I'm sliding, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And I'm running and I'm slipping and I'm slid...

I didn't know at the time
that a Negro - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I didn't know at the time that a Negro

I think you could say, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

I think you could say,

All these white Southern
frozen food - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

All these white Southern frozen food

And he's like, "Okay, well, what
the hell am I gonna do now?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

And he's like, "Okay, well, what the hell am I gon...

The '80s, Ronald Reagan
is the president. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The '80s, Ronald Reagan is the president.

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It follows the progression of Black comedy through the years, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose and challenge society's injustices

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Director: N/A

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Production: Rod Pictures,DCG Plus,Sidus,Invent Stone,CJ Venture Investment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.5

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Released: 29 Jun 2022

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