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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Comedy is one of the best tools of embarrassing or critiquingthe powerful

Comedy is one of the best tools of embarrassing or critiquing
the powerful

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Comedy is one of the best tools
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of embarrassing or critiquing the powerful.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:27
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 • E02 Black comedy at that time - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Black comedy at that time
S01 • E01 Richard Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Richard Pryor was born in Peoria, Illinois.
S01 • E01 And his childhood was extremely difficult. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
And his childhood was extremely difficult.
S01 • E02 If you break the law, you're supposed to go to jail, right? - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
If you break the law, you're supposed to go to jail, ri...
S01 • E02 Oliver North broke the law, and now he's out. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Oliver North broke the law, and now he's out.
S01 • E02 Bush and Reagan broke the law, but they're free. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Bush and Reagan broke the law, but they're free.
S01 • E01 Famous house of ill repute. I mean, judges went there. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Famous house of ill repute. I mean, judges went there.
S01 • E01 Police officers went. Like, they were the house. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Police officers went. Like, they were the house.
S01 • E02 It kind of made you want to just feel like, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
It kind of made you want to just feel like,
S01 • E01 He saw his mother working as a prostitute - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
He saw his mother working as a prostitute
S01 • E01 But growing up in Peoria also gave him - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
But growing up in Peoria also gave him
S01 • E02 The Rodney King era - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
The Rodney King era
S01 • E02 And they represented the new generation of comics. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And they represented the new generation of comics.
S01 • E02 They brought the smart back to stand-up. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
They brought the smart back to stand-up.
S01 • E01 Pryor lands in Greenwich Village in his early 20s - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
Pryor lands in Greenwich Village in his early 20s
S01 • E02 In the '90s, after Rodney King, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
In the '90s, after Rodney King,
S01 • E01 I love that he's right under Lenny Bruce - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
I love that he's right under Lenny Bruce
S01 • E02 And there was a new generation of comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
And there was a new generation of comedians
S01 • E01 I come down here often just to look at it. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
I come down here often just to look at it.
S01 • E02 The two who became huge are Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
The two who became huge are Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle.