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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Black audiences back thenwas repulsed by it, but it was the most importantradio show on...

Black audiences back then
was repulsed by it, but it was the most important
radio show on air at that time

Full Transcript

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Black audiences back then was repulsed by it,
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but it was the most important radio show on air at that time.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:33
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 She had the T-shirt on her head - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
She had the T-shirt on her head
S01 • E01 And this becomes the way in which white people - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
And this becomes the way in which white people
S01 • E02 Is she watching me? How does she know this?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Is she watching me? How does she know this?"
S01 • E01 Black people hated Stepin Fetchit, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Black people hated Stepin Fetchit,
S01 • E01 Dumb, lazy, slow, all these things. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Dumb, lazy, slow, all these things.
S01 • E02 You know, when Whoopi came up, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
You know, when Whoopi came up,
S01 • E01 Stepin Fetchit would be the first Black person - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Stepin Fetchit would be the first Black person
S01 • E02 The things that my characters talk about - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
The things that my characters talk about
S01 • E01 This was really hard on a lot of comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
This was really hard on a lot of comedians
S01 • E02 It's easier for them, for my characters, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
It's easier for them, for my characters,
S01 • E01 And that went on for at least 20 years. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And that went on for at least 20 years.
S01 • E01 The 1950s, it's the emergence of the civil rights movement. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
The 1950s, it's the emergence of the civil rights movem...
S01 • E02 Her autobiography informed each of these characters. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Her autobiography informed each of these characters.
S01 • E01 So there's a lot of pressure on American society - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
So there's a lot of pressure on American society
S01 • E02 She was able to plug into different experiences - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
She was able to plug into different experiences
S01 • E01 Black comedians said, "No, I don't want to do - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
Black comedians said, "No, I don't want to do
S01 • E02 Caryn Johnson had lived a real hard life - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Caryn Johnson had lived a real hard life
S01 • E01 This new generation of Black comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
This new generation of Black comedians
S01 • E01 He had a girl for me was so ugly, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
He had a girl for me was so ugly,
S01 • E02 I know that, at one point, she found herself pregnant, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
I know that, at one point, she found herself pregnant,