This book tells the story of how five comedic pioneers—Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, and Arsenio Hall—joined forces to revolutionize American popular culture. Known as Hollywood’s “Black Pack,” they shattered Hollywood norms, using sharp social satire to boldly critique America’s persistent racial inequalities.
This book tells the story of how five comedic pioneers—Eddie Murphy, Paul Mooney, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, and Arsenio Hall—joined forces to revolutionize American popular culture. Known as Hollywood’s “Black Pack,” they shattered Hollywood norms, using sharp social satire to boldly critique America’s persistent racial inequalities.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
ARTEL GREAT is the George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair in African American Cinema Studies and assistant professor of cinema and media at San Francisco State University. He is an Independent Spirit Award–nominated filmmaker and the coeditor of Black Cinema & Visual Culture: Art and Politics in the 21st Century.
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Contents Introduction: Black-American Humor and Rituals of Resistance 1 Planet Provocative: Paul Mooney, The Richard Pryor Show & Revolutionary Laughter 2 Black Star Power: The Economics of Eddie Murphy & the Rise of the Black Pack 3 The Mothership: Hollywood Shuffle & the Arrival of Robert Townsend 4 The Hipness Litmus: The Arsenio Hall Show, In Living Color & Black Pack TV Coda: Black Resistance Humor into the Afro-Future Acknowledgments Notes Appendix Introduction: Black American Humor and Rituals of Resistance 1 1 Planet Provocative: Paul Mooney, The Richard Pryor Show, and Revolutionary Laughter 31 2 Black Star Power: The Economics of Eddie Murphy and the Rise of the Black Pack 69 3 The Mothership: Hollywood Shuffle and the Arrival of Robert Townsend 109 4 The Hipness Litmus: The Arsenio Hall Show, In Living Color, and Black Pack TV 145 Coda: Black Resistance Humor into the Afro-Future 183 Appendix: The Complete List of Black Pack Productions 207 Acknowledgments 211 Notes 215 Index 229
Contents Introduction: Black-American Humor and Rituals of Resistance 1 Planet Provocative: Paul Mooney, The Richard Pryor Show & Revolutionary Laughter 2 Black Star Power: The Economics of Eddie Murphy & the Rise of the Black Pack 3 The Mothership: Hollywood Shuffle & the Arrival of Robert Townsend 4 The Hipness Litmus: The Arsenio Hall Show, In Living Color & Black Pack TV Coda: Black Resistance Humor into the Afro-Future Acknowledgments Notes Appendix Introduction: Black American Humor and Rituals of Resistance 1 1 Planet Provocative: Paul Mooney, The Richard Pryor Show, and Revolutionary Laughter 31 2 Black Star Power: The Economics of Eddie Murphy and the Rise of the Black Pack 69 3 The Mothership: Hollywood Shuffle and the Arrival of Robert Townsend 109 4 The Hipness Litmus: The Arsenio Hall Show, In Living Color, and Black Pack TV 145 Coda: Black Resistance Humor into the Afro-Future 183 Appendix: The Complete List of Black Pack Productions 207 Acknowledgments 211 Notes 215 Index 229
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