Tue May 5, 2015
Scott Saul and W. Kamau Bell On Culture, Comedy, and Richard Pryor
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Enjoy a rare evening reflecting on the evolution of comedy in response to struggle. Join Scott Saul, author of the recent biography Becoming Richard Pryor and W. Kamau Bell discussing comedy, race, and culture.
"Before Pryor, comedians told jokes; after Pryor, they told their story-and, if they followed Pryor's lead more fully, they felt free to lean on those parts of their story that made their audience squirm as well as roar. He was the master artist who rewrote the rules."
Berkeley-based comedian W. Kamau Bell is best known for FX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. The New York Times called Kamau "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."
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"Before Pryor, comedians told jokes; after Pryor, they told their story-and, if they followed Pryor's lead more fully, they felt free to lean on those parts of their story that made their audience squirm as well as roar. He was the master artist who rewrote the rules."
Berkeley-based comedian W. Kamau Bell is best known for FX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. The New York Times called Kamau "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."
Enjoy a rare evening reflecting on the evolution of comedy in response to struggle. Join Scott Saul, author of the recent biography Becoming Richard Pryor and W. Kamau Bell discussing comedy, race, and culture.
"Before Pryor, comedians told jokes; after Pryor, they told their story-and, if they followed Pryor's lead more fully, they felt free to lean on those parts of their story that made their audience squirm as well as roar. He was the master artist who rewrote the rules."
Berkeley-based comedian W. Kamau Bell is best known for FX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. The New York Times called Kamau "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."
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"Before Pryor, comedians told jokes; after Pryor, they told their story-and, if they followed Pryor's lead more fully, they felt free to lean on those parts of their story that made their audience squirm as well as roar. He was the master artist who rewrote the rules."
Berkeley-based comedian W. Kamau Bell is best known for FX comedy series, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell. The New York Times called Kamau "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years."
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