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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

It's a willingness to hold a critical lens to both White America...and Black America

It's a willingness to hold a critical lens to both White America...
and Black America

Full Transcript

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It's a willingness
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to hold a critical lens
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to both White America... and Black America.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:22
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 • E01 He did the Cosby movement and the eye rolling up. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
He did the Cosby movement and the eye rolling up.
S01 • E01 I get nervous when people look at me like that. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
I get nervous when people look at me like that.
S01 • E02 But when they did it in front of White audiences, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
But when they did it in front of White audiences,
S01 • E01 He's imitating Bill Cosby because that was the era - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
He's imitating Bill Cosby because that was the era
S01 • E02 Please welcome young Mr. Chris Rock, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Please welcome young Mr. Chris Rock,
S01 • E02 In the late 1980s, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
In the late 1980s,
S01 • E01 "Well, I know..." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
"Well, I know..."
S01 • E02 And he was always sort of a socially conscious comic. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
And he was always sort of a socially conscious comic.
S01 • E02 People are scared of Blacks - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
People are scared of Blacks
S01 • E01 His career really takes on new velocity - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
His career really takes on new velocity
S01 • E02 They're like, "How did we get this way? We're White." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
They're like, "How did we get this way? We're...
S01 • E01 Medic! He wants to know how much morphine - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Medic! He wants to know how much morphine
S01 • E02 Am I leaving the people with something?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Am I leaving the people with something?"
S01 • E01 And this introduces him to a huge new audience. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And this introduces him to a huge new audience.
S01 • E02 He was like, "The more information I have, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:17
He was like, "The more information I have,
S01 • E01 He appeared on Ed Sullivan, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
He appeared on Ed Sullivan, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin.
S01 • E01 In 1966, he's lured out to Hollywood by the offer - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:16
In 1966, he's lured out to Hollywood by the offer
S01 • E02 See, the whole damn country is so damn conservative now. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
See, the whole damn country is so damn conservative now.
S01 • E02 Jails ain't tough enough." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Jails ain't tough enough."
S01 • E02 The reason jails are so crowded, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
The reason jails are so crowded,