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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Being in Fort Greeneat that time, Spike is my neighbor and Wesley Snipesis my neighbor,...

Being in Fort Greene
at that time, Spike is my neighbor and Wesley Snipes
is my neighbor, and Erykah Badu and Mos Def
and Talib Kweli

Full Transcript

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Being in Fort Greene at that time,
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Spike is my neighbor
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and Wesley Snipes is my neighbor,
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and Erykah Badu and Mos Def and Talib Kweli.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:00
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Rod Pictures,DCG Plus,Sidus,Invent Stone,CJ Venture Investment

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Movie Summary

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
S01 • E01 By the time my plane was supposed to take off - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
By the time my plane was supposed to take off
S01 • E01 Here, this man is living a comfortable life, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Here, this man is living a comfortable life,
S01 • E02 "We're gonna make movies. We're gonna make TV shows." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
"We're gonna make movies. We're gonna make TV...
S01 • E01 I mean, you know, batons, beatings, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
I mean, you know, batons, beatings,
S01 • E02 Until Spike did "She's Gotta Have It," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Until Spike did "She's Gotta Have It,"
S01 • E01 As I laid in my hotel room, I realized I had to get involved - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
As I laid in my hotel room, I realized I had to get involved
S01 • E02 I remember watching it. I was like, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
I remember watching it. I was like,
S01 • E01 If you look at footage of that first march, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
If you look at footage of that first march,
S01 • E01 But when you look at him, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
But when you look at him,
S01 • E02 All the class tensions - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
All the class tensions
S01 • E01 His plan was to speak and he was flying right back out. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
His plan was to speak and he was flying right back out.
S01 • E02 I was like, "Wow, this is great stuff." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
I was like, "Wow, this is great stuff."
S01 • E01 When he got down there and saw the faces - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
When he got down there and saw the faces
S01 • E02 And I think the most important thing - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
And I think the most important thing
S01 • E01 That was the first time in his mind he said, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
That was the first time in his mind he said,
S01 • E01 I can't turn my back or turn and run on these folks." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
I can't turn my back or turn and run on these folks.&qu...
S01 • E02 That Big Bang, it just opened up the whole floodgate - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:18
That Big Bang, it just opened up the whole floodgate
S01 • E01 In our recent troubled times, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
In our recent troubled times,
S01 • E01 Dick Gregory was the anchor and the foundation - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Dick Gregory was the anchor and the foundation
S01 • E02 I have to tell people this... With your credit cards, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
I have to tell people this... With your credit cards,