From minstrels to vaudeville to Instagram, comedy has come a long way. Richard Pryor is arguably your favorite comedian's favorite comedian so in this episode, Hallease and Evelyn look at how comedy has changed throughout modern history, and attempt to define what the G.O.A.T contributed to its evolution.
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RESOURCES ON COMEDY:
Laughing Mad: The Black Comic Persona in PostSoul America https://books.google.com/books?id=FYi...
Why Negro Comedy is so Black: https://prospect.org/article/whynegr...
NPR on Comedy Central's 'The New Negros' https://www.npr.org/2019/05/30/728081...