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In living color : a cultural history / Bernadette Giacomazzo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cultural history of televisionPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]Description: xx, 201 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538166574
  • 1538166577
Subject(s):
Contents:
In the beginning -- You can do what you want to do -- For the culture -- Shades of Richard Pryor -- When In living color was too raw for TV -- The Super Bowl halftime show that changed history -- Men on film -- From LGBTQIA parody to acceptance -- Keenen's departure -- The end -- and the beginning -- of an era -- Black ownership in the hour of chaos.
Summary: "An entertaining yet conscientious examination of the popular sketch show In Living Color, which broke racial, cultural, and comedy boundaries; launched the careers of stars such as Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey; and helped shape comedy in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 791.4572 G429 Available 33111010965792
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An entertaining yet candid examination of the popular sketch show In Living Color .

When the pilot for In Living Color aired for the first time on April 15, 1990, America had never seen anything like it. And they loved it. Over five seasons, the show broke racial, cultural, and comedy boundaries, creating unforgettable sketches that dealt almost exclusively with Black subject matter.

In Living Color: A Cultural History celebrates the iconic show and its creators, while also providing a conscientious examination of the sketches themselves. Bernadette Giacomazzo reveals how the show successfully tackled topics that are still salient today, from diversity in Hollywood and workplace racism to mass incarceration and "blackfishing," while other sketches have not aged quite so well. Giacomazzo also looks at how the show helped break the careers of Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, and David Alan Grier, amongst others, and how its most infamous sketches--such as Fire Marshall Bill, Homey the Clown, East Hollywood Squares, and Men on Film--helped shape comedy in the twenty-first century.

In Living Color was one of the few sketch shows of the 1990s that effectively tackled racial and social issues with humor. It did so more successfully than Saturday Night Live ever did, because, unlike the long-standing late-night show, In Living Color had a largely Black writer's room. This cultural history finally gives the influential show and its creators the recognition they deserve for their role in changing the face of television.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the beginning -- You can do what you want to do -- For the culture -- Shades of Richard Pryor -- When In living color was too raw for TV -- The Super Bowl halftime show that changed history -- Men on film -- From LGBTQIA parody to acceptance -- Keenen's departure -- The end -- and the beginning -- of an era -- Black ownership in the hour of chaos.

"An entertaining yet conscientious examination of the popular sketch show In Living Color, which broke racial, cultural, and comedy boundaries; launched the careers of stars such as Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey; and helped shape comedy in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

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