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    Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
    Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
    Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
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    Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution

    Written by David Peisner

    Narrated by JD Jackson

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    Few television shows revolutionized comedy as profoundly or have had such an enormous and continued impact on our culture as In Living Color. Inspired by Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, and Eddie Murphy, Keenen Ivory Wayans created a television series unlike any that had come before it. Along the way, he introduced the world to Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Rosie Perez, and Jennifer Lopez, not to mention his own brothers Damon, Marlon, and Shawn Wayans. In Living Color shaped American culture in ways both seen and unseen, and was part of a sea change that moved black comedy and hip-hop culture from the shadows into the spotlight.

    Now, Homey Don't Play That reveals the complete, captivating story of how In Living Color overcame enormous odds to become a major, zeitgeist-seizing hit. Through exclusive interviews with the cast, writers, producers, and network executives, this insightful and entertaining chronicle follows the show's ups and downs, friendships and feuds, tragedies and triumphs, sketches and scandals, the famous and the infamous, unveiling a vital piece of history in the evolution of comedy, television, and black culture.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 26, 2018
    ISBN9781977381552
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    David Peisner

    David Peisner is a freelance writer based in Decatur, Georgia. He has been writing about music, film, television, books, politics, technology, sports, and world affairs for a wide array of publications for nearly twenty years. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, TV Guide, Spin, Billboard, Vibe, Fast Company, New York, Esquire, Playboy, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and BuzzFeed. Peisner is the co-author of Steve-O's New York Times betselling memoir Professional Idiot.

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      I loved watching "In Living Color" - it's irreverent humor was new, fresh, and hilarious. At work the next day, my co-workers and I would rehash each episode and laugh. We'd yell "Homey don't play that" at each other and start giggling - men and women! This behind-the-scenes view of how that show came to be and the stories of the comedians (particularly Keenen Ivory Wayans, its creator), writers, and TV execs who made it happen is fascinating. Re-runs are still being shown on TV now, and I'm going to start watching it again. Good book.