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Years before he's a household name
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Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Years beforehe's a household name, he was in thistraveling troupe called FTA, Fuck the...

Years before
he's a household name, he was in this
traveling troupe called FTA, Fuck the Army, with Jane Fonda
and Donald Sutherland

Full Transcript

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Years before he's a household name,
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he was in this traveling troupe called FTA,
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Fuck the Army, with Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:08
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 • E02 But if you kind of, like, are blown back by Chris, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
But if you kind of, like, are blown back by Chris,
S01 • E01 It was an anti-war sketch-comedy troupe - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:11
It was an anti-war sketch-comedy troupe
S01 • E02 He has languidity, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
He has languidity,
S01 • E02 My mother used to tell me... Before I ever thought - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:12
My mother used to tell me... Before I ever thought
S01 • E01 Well, Paul Mooney is so often credited - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Well, Paul Mooney is so often credited
S01 • E02 And she would let me understand that I'm being raised - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
And she would let me understand that I'm being raised
S01 • E01 Not only did he write for him, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Not only did he write for him,
S01 • E02 By the time I was 14 years old, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
By the time I was 14 years old,
S01 • E01 Paul Mooney gave Richard Pryor the confidence to be radical, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Paul Mooney gave Richard Pryor the confidence to be radical,
S01 • E02 Chappelle, from all accounts, was like a child prodigy - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
Chappelle, from all accounts, was like a child prodigy
S01 • E01 Paul Mooney was always that, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
Paul Mooney was always that,
S01 • E02 Just little suspicious? That every dead Black person - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:06
Just little suspicious? That every dead Black person
S01 • E01 So after that, Richard moves up to Berkeley. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
So after that, Richard moves up to Berkeley.
S01 • E02 He was always a dude who was speaking truth to power - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
He was always a dude who was speaking truth to power
S01 • E01 That is where you're gonna go to get your your grounding, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:07
That is where you're gonna go to get your your groundin...
S01 • E02 There are examples from the "Chappelle's Show's" - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:08
There are examples from the "Chappelle's Show'...
S01 • E01 And then he left Berkeley - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
And then he left Berkeley
S01 • E02 Well, look no further, fella. You found 'im. - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:05
Well, look no further, fella. You found 'im.
S01 • E02 The fact that Clayton Bigsby, - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:09
The fact that Clayton Bigsby,
S01 • E01 Richard Pryor, arrives at Berkeley - Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution 00:10
Richard Pryor, arrives at Berkeley