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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

My father was born in 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri

My father was born in 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri

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My father was born in 1932
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in St. Louis, Missouri.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:10
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 My father was an incredible athlete at Sumner High School. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
My father was an incredible athlete at Sumner High School.
S01 • E01 He was an accidental activist when he broke the mile record - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
He was an accidental activist when he broke the mile record
S01 • E02 My idea of what's funny, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
My idea of what's funny,
S01 • E02 It's like the censors won't let me do a lot of things - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
It's like the censors won't let me do a lot of thi...
S01 • E01 He was outraged and he was marching down - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
He was outraged and he was marching down
S01 • E01 Well, there just so happened to be a NAACP march - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Well, there just so happened to be a NAACP march
S01 • E02 The only TV he did was "SNL" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
The only TV he did was "SNL"
S01 • E01 He was so animated, because he always is, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
He was so animated, because he always is,
S01 • E02 I think part of the reason that Eddie Murphy - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
I think part of the reason that Eddie Murphy
S01 • E01 Next day all over the newspaper was, you know, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
Next day all over the newspaper was, you know,
S01 • E01 This was just setting the stage - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
This was just setting the stage
S01 • E02 When he's singing "Roxanne," you go, "Wait! - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
When he's singing "Roxanne," you go, "Wa...
S01 • E02 Shouldn't he be singing some rap song?" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Shouldn't he be singing some rap song?"
S01 • E02 Not allowing himself to be stereotyped. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Not allowing himself to be stereotyped.
S01 • E01 In 1958, I walked into a nightclub for the first time - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
In 1958, I walked into a nightclub for the first time
S01 • E02 When he put on the hat and said, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
When he put on the hat and said,
S01 • E01 He was an impoverished, young Black man - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:13
He was an impoverished, young Black man
S01 • E02 Eddie was kind of the first Black actor - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Eddie was kind of the first Black actor
S01 • E02 Like, you had blaxploitation stuff in the '70s, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Like, you had blaxploitation stuff in the '70s,
S01 • E01 Get ready for Santa Claus." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:14
Get ready for Santa Claus."