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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He was consistently usinghis own celebrity as a way of drawing attentionto the civil...

He was consistently using
his own celebrity as a way of drawing attention
to the civil rights struggle

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He was consistently using his own celebrity
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as a way of drawing attention to the civil rights struggle.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:15
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 So I was like, "I'll create my own." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
So I was like, "I'll create my own."
S01 • E01 And this was the first time, really, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
And this was the first time, really,
S01 • E02 Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx
S01 • E02 I was like, "Oh, it's on." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:16
I was like, "Oh, it's on."
S01 • E01 Dick Gregory, one of the acknowledged - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
Dick Gregory, one of the acknowledged
S01 • E01 The first real beating he ever got - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
The first real beating he ever got
S01 • E01 That's when he really started to identify himself as, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:15
That's when he really started to identify himself as,
S01 • E02 "How is this gonna play? Are we gonna look racist?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
"How is this gonna play? Are we gonna look racist?"...
S01 • E01 I am gonna fight till this system comes down to her knees. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
I am gonna fight till this system comes down to her knees.
S01 • E01 It's very interesting. Dick Gregory had many critics, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
It's very interesting. Dick Gregory had many critics,
S01 • E02 'The Homeboy Shopping Network, ' - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:18
'The Homeboy Shopping Network, '
S01 • E01 His fellow comics say - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
His fellow comics say
S01 • E02 They don't, I'm good with that." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
They don't, I'm good with that."
S01 • E01 And so that's when he started missing gigs. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
And so that's when he started missing gigs.
S01 • E02 "In Living Color" was the first, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
"In Living Color" was the first,
S01 • E01 I mean, his management, his schedulers, his attorneys. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
I mean, his management, his schedulers, his attorneys.
S01 • E02 Hip-hop was just coming in at the same time. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Hip-hop was just coming in at the same time.
S01 • E01 His career, you can say, suffered, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
His career, you can say, suffered,
S01 • E02 It tapped into that hip-hop sensibility - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
It tapped into that hip-hop sensibility
S01 • E01 And I'm very confused this year - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
And I'm very confused this year