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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

They brought the smartback to stand-up

They brought the smart
back to stand-up

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They brought the smart back to stand-up.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:23
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 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,
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,