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In the '60s, television is expanding
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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

In the '60s,television is expanding

In the '60s,
television is expanding

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In the '60s, television is expanding.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:53
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 • E01 Jack Paar's show, Merv Griffin, and others... - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Jack Paar's show, Merv Griffin, and others...
S01 • E02 Well, I've structured society - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Well, I've structured society
S01 • E01 So that offered the opportunity for Black comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
So that offered the opportunity for Black comedians
S01 • E02 Sooner or later, they just end up in jail, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Sooner or later, they just end up in jail,
S01 • E01 - Ah! - You know something, Godfrey, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
- Ah! - You know something, Godfrey,
S01 • E02 That character also is talking in Black Power language. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
That character also is talking in Black Power language.
S01 • E01 God, which is... - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
God, which is...
S01 • E02 And so there were things that were really bold - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
And so there were things that were really bold
S01 • E01 Like Dick Gregory, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
Like Dick Gregory,
S01 • E01 They always talk about Negro crime rate, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
They always talk about Negro crime rate,
S01 • E02 Keenen was so brilliant - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Keenen was so brilliant
S01 • E01 But what I want to do is instruct my Negro brothers - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
But what I want to do is instruct my Negro brothers
S01 • E02 I'm a victim of society - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
I'm a victim of society
S01 • E01 Never have you seen a Negro convicted of embezzling - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
Never have you seen a Negro convicted of embezzling
S01 • E02 "In Living Color" was essentially founded on sketches - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
"In Living Color" was essentially founded on sketc...
S01 • E01 Yet white people are doing it so often - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Yet white people are doing it so often
S01 • E01 They were edgy, they were political, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
They were edgy, they were political,
S01 • E02 His point of view was completely different than mine - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
His point of view was completely different than mine
S01 • E01 And they honestly believed, rightfully so, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
And they honestly believed, rightfully so,
S01 • E01 Yes. I don't know if I'm gonna to take it, though, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Yes. I don't know if I'm gonna to take it, though,