Why We Laugh: Black Comedians

By maclink on February 21, 2010 10:07 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marcia-g-yerman/why-we-laugh-black-comedi_b_469815.html

"In 1987, Robert Townsend wrote, directed, produced, and starred in Hollywood Shuffle - a comedy that took a look at how African-Americans were stereotyped and marginalized in film and television. In the new documentary, Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy, director Townsend comments on the genesis of Hollywood Shuffle saying, "It was born out of a lot of pain.""

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