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On the Real Side - A History of African American Comedy (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
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On the Real Side - A History of African American Comedy (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
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This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of
American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and
the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African
Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic
underground humor of African Americans found in folktales, race
records, and all-black shows and films. After generations of
stereotypes, the underground humor finally emerged before the
American public with Richard Pryor in the 1970s. But Pryor was not
the first popular comic to present authentically black humor.
Watkins offers surprising reassessments of such seminal figures as
Fetchit, Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx, looking at how
they paved the way for contemporary comics such as Whoopi Goldberg,
Eddie Murphy, and Bill Cosby.
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