Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution

Stagione 1

The two-part documentary event "Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution" explores the progression of Black comedy and the comedians who have used pointed humor to expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices and to articulate the Black experience in America.

20222 episodiTV-MA

Documentari

Periodo d’uso gratuito di STARZ

S 1 E 1 - The Revolutionaries
28 giugno 2022
1 h 25 min
TV-MA
Chronicles how the pioneers of Black comedy turned the stand-up stage into one of the most important platforms for social discourse in America. This episode explores how "offensive" humor was used to break racial and cultural barriers.
Periodo d’uso gratuito di STARZ
S 1 E 2 - The Contemporaries
29 giugno 2022
1 h 25 min
TV-MA
Explores the new breed of Black comedian that surfaced after the Civil Rights movement and the significant challenges they still faced. Starting in the 1980s, some Black comedians enjoyed unprecedented success while many of them remained on the sidelines.
Questo video non è al momento disponibile