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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The comedy boom is happening, in a national sense,by 1980 through 1990

The comedy boom is happening, in a national sense,
by 1980 through 1990

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The comedy boom is happening,
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in a national sense, by 1980 through 1990.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:29
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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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 Overall, I guess you would say that it was a White thing. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Overall, I guess you would say that it was a White thing.
S01 • E01 We would just die and just go crazy - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
We would just die and just go crazy
S01 • E02 In 1985, in comedy clubs in this country, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
In 1985, in comedy clubs in this country,
S01 • E01 His popularity gave Black comedians the license - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
His popularity gave Black comedians the license
S01 • E02 The improvs wouldn't even hire Blacks. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
The improvs wouldn't even hire Blacks.
S01 • E01 You know, there's no Richard Pryor - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
You know, there's no Richard Pryor
S01 • E02 African-American performers who had started - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:14
African-American performers who had started
S01 • E01 People like Redd Foxx are responsible for - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
People like Redd Foxx are responsible for
S01 • E01 Ultimately, I don't get to do what I do if that didn't happen. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Ultimately, I don't get to do what I do if that didn�...
S01 • E02 Bars with a microphone and you next to the DJ booth. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Bars with a microphone and you next to the DJ booth.
S01 • E01 Now, I've been accused - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Now, I've been accused
S01 • E02 We had the dance hall or the bowling alley - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
We had the dance hall or the bowling alley
S01 • E02 So many comics, they hit the sidewalk in '86 and '87. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
So many comics, they hit the sidewalk in '86 and '...
S01 • E02 And the Mecca was the Comedy Act Theatre in L.A. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
And the Mecca was the Comedy Act Theatre in L.A.
S01 • E01 Moms Mabley is very important in this era. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Moms Mabley is very important in this era.
S01 • E01 When the color line finally broke, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
When the color line finally broke,
S01 • E02 See, if you couldn't get onstage in Hollywood, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
See, if you couldn't get onstage in Hollywood,
S01 • E01 Moms Mabley was Loretta Aiken, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Moms Mabley was Loretta Aiken,
S01 • E01 For years, she played on the Chitlin' Circuit. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
For years, she played on the Chitlin' Circuit.
S01 • E02 The Comedy Act Theatre - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
The Comedy Act Theatre