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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Unh-unh. Ugh." "Def Comedy Jam"was the definitive platform for Black comedy at the...

Unh-unh. Ugh." "Def Comedy Jam"
was the definitive platform for Black comedy at the time,
and as a result, people felt like
that was Black comedy

Full Transcript

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Unh-unh. Ugh."
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"Def Comedy Jam" was the definitive platform
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for Black comedy at the time, and as a result,
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people felt like that was Black comedy.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:19
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 Able to leap the ghetto with a single bound. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Able to leap the ghetto with a single bound.
S01 • E01 His X-ray vision allows him - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
His X-ray vision allows him
S01 • E02 But that is not our entire comedic experience. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
But that is not our entire comedic experience.
S01 • E01 For Blacks hearing it, they would just laugh, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
For Blacks hearing it, they would just laugh,
S01 • E02 What about being queer? What about being a woman? - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
What about being queer? What about being a woman?
S01 • E01 But America, man, wasn't ready for that, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
But America, man, wasn't ready for that,
S01 • E02 What about being from a particular region? - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
What about being from a particular region?
S01 • E01 And you can't bring your Black act up here - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
And you can't bring your Black act up here
S01 • E02 The next first family of the United States of America. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
The next first family of the United States of America.
S01 • E01 I don't know, Barbara. I don't know. I guess it's... - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
I don't know, Barbara. I don't know. I guess it�...
S01 • E02 I think over the last, you know, 10, 15 years, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
I think over the last, you know, 10, 15 years,
S01 • E01 I grew up and I learned certain things - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
I grew up and I learned certain things
S01 • E02 That becomes their activism. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
That becomes their activism.
S01 • E02 Here's a list of things you can put in your pockets - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Here's a list of things you can put in your pockets
S01 • E01 Pryor was able to display his talent - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Pryor was able to display his talent
S01 • E02 When I was on "Totally Biased," a Black TV journalist - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
When I was on "Totally Biased," a Black TV journal...
S01 • E01 But what really boosted Pryor was his albums. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
But what really boosted Pryor was his albums.
S01 • E02 I was like, "Okay. Is that what this is? Great." - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
I was like, "Okay. Is that what this is? Great."
S01 • E02 And then everything widened, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
And then everything widened,
S01 • E01 I think part of the politics of Richard Pryor's material - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:19
I think part of the politics of Richard Pryor's materia...