Film Screening, Performance, and Discussion:
“WHY WE LAUGH: Great Black Comedians,”
Darryl Littleton, Author and Comedian,
Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium
February 5, 6 pm
This presentation features a screening of Why We Laugh, followed by a performance and Q&A with author, comedian, and executive producer Darryl Littleton. Littleton is the author of Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2008), a sweeping account of the evolution of Black comedy in America.
Why We Laugh tracks the way black comedy has evolved from Stepin Fetchit and minstrels in blackface to the politically tinged humor of Dick Georgory; and from the television success of Good Times and The Jeffersons to the big-screen accomplishments of stars like Eddie Murphy and Whoopi Goldberg.
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