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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

He's the man who startedstandup comedy, and I always mist upthinking about it because,...

He's the man who started
standup comedy, and I always mist up
thinking about it because, wow, we invented that

Full Transcript

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He's the man who started standup comedy,
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and I always mist up thinking about it because,
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wow, we invented that.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:08
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 Because, like, I really feel, like, aesthetically, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Because, like, I really feel, like, aesthetically,
S01 • E02 This is my long, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
This is my long,
S01 • E01 In the 1920s, you have Jim Crow. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
In the 1920s, you have Jim Crow.
S01 • E02 It had a lot of, like, really complex questions - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
It had a lot of, like, really complex questions
S01 • E01 So a majority of the comedians in that era of Black comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
So a majority of the comedians in that era of Black comedian...
S01 • E02 I passed this big dude walking around in circles - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
I passed this big dude walking around in circles
S01 • E01 The Chitlin' Circuit were these clubs and spaces - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
The Chitlin' Circuit were these clubs and spaces
S01 • E01 Many great performers got their start - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Many great performers got their start
S01 • E02 So you're trying to say - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
So you're trying to say
S01 • E01 She was a young comic dressed like a old woman. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
She was a young comic dressed like a old woman.
S01 • E02 How do you want an audience to go home after seeing you? - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
How do you want an audience to go home after seeing you?
S01 • E01 She's one of the first Black women - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
She's one of the first Black women
S01 • E02 Because people, as long as they're thinking, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Because people, as long as they're thinking,
S01 • E02 The beauty of what Whoopi did, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:15
The beauty of what Whoopi did,
S01 • E01 The 1930 was one of the most difficult periods - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
The 1930 was one of the most difficult periods
S01 • E01 First of all, you had "Amos 'n' Andy," - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
First of all, you had "Amos 'n' Andy,"
S01 • E02 And my mother made me go to my room - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And my mother made me go to my room
S01 • E02 And I said, "Nuh-uh, this is my long, luxurious blond hair." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:15
And I said, "Nuh-uh, this is my long, luxurious blond h...
S01 • E01 Uh, don't forget, though, brother Andy, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Uh, don't forget, though, brother Andy,
S01 • E01 Black audiences back then was repulsed by it, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
Black audiences back then was repulsed by it,