On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy by Watkins, Mel - 1999-05-01

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Lawrence Hill Books, 1999. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, and photos. 664 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans found in folktales, race records, and all-black shows and films. After generations of stereotypes, the underground humor finally emerged before the American public with Richard Pryor in the 1970s. But Pryor was not the first popular comic to present authentically black humor. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of such seminal figures as Fetchit, Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics such as Whoopi Goldberg,… Read More

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