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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

The Rodney King era gave rise to Chris Rockand Dave Chappelle

The Rodney King era gave rise to Chris Rock
and Dave Chappelle

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The Rodney King era
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gave rise to Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:11
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 And they represented the new generation of comics. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And they represented the new generation of comics.
S01 • E02 They brought the smart back to stand-up. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
They brought the smart back to stand-up.
S01 • E01 Pryor lands in Greenwich Village in his early 20s - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
Pryor lands in Greenwich Village in his early 20s
S01 • E02 In the '90s, after Rodney King, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
In the '90s, after Rodney King,
S01 • E01 I love that he's right under Lenny Bruce - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
I love that he's right under Lenny Bruce
S01 • E02 And there was a new generation of comedians - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
And there was a new generation of comedians
S01 • E01 I come down here often just to look at it. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
I come down here often just to look at it.
S01 • E02 The two who became huge are Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
The two who became huge are Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle.
S01 • E01 - Right. Just to be like... - You know, just to go inside - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
- Right. Just to be like... - You know, just to go inside
S01 • E02 I'm not gonna say White people didn't believe us, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
I'm not gonna say White people didn't believe us,
S01 • E01 You know, and he wasn't doing the humor - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
You know, and he wasn't doing the humor
S01 • E02 Apparently, the police have been beating up Negroes - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Apparently, the police have been beating up Negroes
S01 • E01 - He was mimicking Bill Cosby. - Right. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
- He was mimicking Bill Cosby. - Right.
S01 • E02 Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock
S01 • E01 You ever had your parents do this - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
You ever had your parents do this
S01 • E01 He ripped Cosby off in presentation. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
He ripped Cosby off in presentation.
S01 • E02 It's a willingness - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
It's a willingness
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,