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Jun 28, 2024 · Dick Gregory (born October 12, 1932, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died August 19, 2017, Washington, D.C.) was an American comedian, civil rights activist, and spokesman for health issues, who became nationally recognized in the 1960s for a biting brand of comedy that attacked racial prejudice. By addressing his hard-hitting satire to white ...
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IMPACT-Dick Gregory: Directed by Jordan Stone. With Clarke Peters, Jane Fonda, Robert Klein, Hugh Hefner. IMPACT-Dick Gregory is an intimate, real time conversation between Dick and actor/activist Jane Fonda, actor Clarke Peters and director Ernest Dickerson.
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- Clarke Peters, Jane Fonda, Robert Klein
- Documentary, Biography
- Jordan Stone
- Charlie Case Moved Comedy Away from Blackface, Invented 'Punchlines'
- Gregory Broke Comedy's Color Barrier
- Whoopi Goldberg's One-Woman Show Shed Light on Women's Issues
One of the most universal terms in comedy was created by Charlie Case, who pushed the Black entertainment needle away from racist minstrelsy and blackface during the vaudeville era by forging a new path of entertainment with storytelling. "Back then there weren't really comedians, they didn't exist yet," journalist and author Michael Harriot said i...
Well after the era of minstrel shows and the invention of punchlines came Gregory, whose laughs landed with those enduring the brunt of theCivil Rights movement before he becamean activist in the movement himself. "You think about the pressure these guys were under, to be funny in a time where nothing was funny if you were Black," Rocksaid in the d...
Long before Whoopi Goldberg was an EGOT winner andhost of "The View,"she captivated audiences in the ’80s with her one-woman show where she discussed race, sexuality, standards of beauty and abortion. Her self-titled Broadway show, which was first called "The Spook Show," earned the entertainment mogul a recording Grammy but it also earned her a sp...
IMPACT-Dick Gregory cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies ...
2 days ago · CNN —. Richard Simmons, the perennial 1980s workout personality who was defined by his uplifting spirit, has died, according to his longtime publicist Tom Estey. Estey said Simmons died early on ...
A documentary about the life and career of Sinead O’Connor will air days after the shock announcement of her death, aged 56. The family of the Irish singer confirmed her death on Wednesday (26 ...
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5 days ago · A documentary about U.K. rapper Skepta, directed by BAFTA nominee Hector Dockrill (“Post Malone: Runaway”), is in the works.. The project is the first from a new creative alliance between ...
