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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Many great performersgot their start working in the Chitlin' Circuit, performers like Moms...

Many great performers
got their start working in the Chitlin' Circuit, performers like Moms Mabley

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Many great performers got their start
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working in the Chitlin' Circuit,
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performers like Moms Mabley.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:42
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 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,
S01 • E02 She had the T-shirt on her head - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
She had the T-shirt on her head
S01 • E01 And this becomes the way in which white people - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
And this becomes the way in which white people
S01 • E02 Is she watching me? How does she know this?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Is she watching me? How does she know this?"
S01 • E01 Black people hated Stepin Fetchit, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Black people hated Stepin Fetchit,
S01 • E01 Dumb, lazy, slow, all these things. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Dumb, lazy, slow, all these things.
S01 • E02 You know, when Whoopi came up, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
You know, when Whoopi came up,
S01 • E01 Stepin Fetchit would be the first Black person - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Stepin Fetchit would be the first Black person
S01 • E02 The things that my characters talk about - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
The things that my characters talk about