PBS Newshour co-anchor Geoff Bennett is out with a new book that presents portraits of Black artists who shaped comedy.
Black Out Loud is a history that starts with vaudeville and runs through the ‘90s, when sitcoms like
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
In Living Color and
Family Matters carried the responsibility of representing a varied Black experience. In today’s episode, Bennett speaks with NPR’s Scott Simon about vaudeville and minstrelsy as the DNA of Black comedic performance, the impact of
Amos ‘n’ Andy, and comedians like Bert Williams, Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle.
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