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Homey Don't Play That!

Homey Don't Play That!

The Story of in Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution

by David Peisner
Downloadable audio file
Publication Date: 26/06/2018

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Few television shows revolutionized comedy as profoundly or have had such an enormous and continued impact on our culture as In Living Color. Inspired by Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, and Eddie Murphy, Keenen Ivory Wayans created a television series unlike any that had come before it. Along the way, he introduced the world to Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Rosie Perez, and Jennifer Lopez, not to mention his own brothers Damon, Marlon, and Shawn Wayans. In Living Color shaped American culture in ways both seen and unseen, and was part of a sea change that moved black comedy and hip-hop culture from the shadows into the spotlight.Now, Homey Don't Play That reveals the complete, captivating story of how In Living Color overcame enormous odds to become a major, zeitgeist-seizing hit. Through exclusive interviews with the cast, writers, producers, and network executives, this insightful and entertaining chronicle follows the show's ups and downs, friendships and feuds, tragedies and triumphs, sketches and scandals, the famous and the infamous, unveiling a vital piece of history in the evolution of comedy, television, and black culture.
ISBN:
9781977391551
9781977391551
Category:
Biography: general
Format:
Downloadable audio file
Publication Date:
26-06-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Incorporated
Country of origin:
United States
David Peisner

David Peisner is a freelance journalist based in Decatur, Georgia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York, Bloomberg Businessweek,Fast Company, Esquire, BuzzFeed, and Playboy.

He is also the author of Homey Don t Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution.

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