Comedy

Jamie Foxx gives his most complete performance yet in ‘What Had Happened Was’

Jamie Foxx is one of the great renaissance men of our time. He’s a singer, actor, and comedian who can put it all into a complete entertainment package. But one underrated gift in Foxx’s possession is his ability to tell a story. Just watch any of his viral interviews and you’ll see a man who

Comedian Dulcé Sloan got to New York and couldn’t believe what white guys were asking her

Hello, Friends! Stories of Dating, Destiny & Day Jobs by Dulcé Sloan is available now from Andscape Books. In this excerpt, she recounts the odd encounters that followed once she got a regular spot on The Daily Show after years of struggle. At the beginning, every day in this new job felt like someone had

What Katt Williams can teach Dave Chappelle about being fearless

Comedian Katt Williams showed up on former NFL star Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast and spent almost three hours airing out his grievances about everyone from Steve Harvey and Cedric the Entertainer to nearly every comedian whom he’s ever felt disrespected him. Soon after the podcast’s release, clips of Sharpe and Williams’ conversation went

Michelle Buteau is thriving in ‘Survival of the Thickest’

Comedian and actor Michelle Buteau once described her look as an “achievable Beyoncé for government workers” or a “Meghan Markle that let herself go.”  In her new series, Survival of the Thickest, streaming on Netflix, Buteau is simply the fabulous star of her own rom-com. Adapted from her 2020 memoir of the same name, Survival

From Flip Wilson to Madea, Black male comedians in dresses are a Hollywood rite of passage

We See Each Other, A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film, by Tre’Vell Anderson, is available now from Andscape Books. In this excerpt, they look at the history of Black male comedians wearing “women’s clothing” and what it does and doesn’t say about masculinity — and about the characters they portray. It’s a recurring

Chris Rock’s ‘Selective Outrage’ draws a strange line in the sand Comedian’s recent deference to white people rings strange in light of his previous work

The ending of Chris Rock’s newest Netflix comedy special, Selective Outrage, has been intensely debated since it was released over the weekend. Nearly a year after The Slap at the Oscars, many tuned in to finally hear Rock’s thoughts on Will Smith. And the comedian didn’t hold back. Rock’s tirade directed toward Smith and his

Bashir Salahuddin talks ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ and ‘South Side’ on ‘Another Act with Kelley Carter’ ‘It really does represent decades and decades of education and hard work and struggle and also passion’

The ‘Martin Reunion’ is a homecoming 30 years in the making Martin, Gina, Cole, and Pam reunite to talk about the classic ’90s sitcom

Martin was an imperfect show that came of age during an imperfect, but fearless, time. And that’s why the show will outlast any criticism of it. It connected with Black folks in ways few pieces of art ever have. Even in 2022, there’s no icebreaker like a Martin quote. There are too many episodes, too

How ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ lets everyone in on the joke Robin Thede on Season Three of her hit HBO comedy, and why she makes space for all types of Black women

Going into the third season of A Black Lady Sketch Show, which premiered April 8 on HBO, Robin Thede had one goal: to make space for a multitude of Black stories and people. “Black is everything,” she said. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Thede and her team weren’t able to shoot some of the sketches

Jerrod Carmichael’s ‘Rothaniel’ is proof stand-up comedy doesn’t have to punch down His new HBO special could be the future of comedy if we let it

For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way comedy and the language of violence have become long-standing bedfellows. A great comic knows how to deliver a dynamic punchline. And if they did phenomenally well during a set, they killed. Several comedians have long adopted the aggression we use to describe their art