PERIOD!
Not Black Comedy, White Comedy, Dark Comedy....to make a long explanation short....there are two kinds of comedy to me....Good and Not Good.
In the same day I can enjoy Sanford and Son, Seinfeld, Monty Python and Eddie Murphy's Raw.
They all have elements of intelligence and revolution.
With that being said, I watched the pilot episode of Key and Peele some years ago and dismissed it as watered down version of Chapelle show.
For most of the time that Dave Chappelle has been off Comedy Central his show has still garnered the highest ratings even with out new shows being produced.
Back to Key and Peele.
There new season premieres ironically the same week as another "black show" Black-ish (on ABC) which has had very mixed reviews with in it's target audience. (No surprise , try and get the millions of Black folk in America to even agree that President Obama is Black or not muslim.)
Whatever short comings I may have found with the pilot episode have gone after seeing the promo clip of preparing a black family for a gay wedding. This skit is one of the most intelligent and truly funny moments I have witnessed in TV history.
The skit captures the essence of a black family (how I believe mine would re act) asking questions about a "gay wedding."
After 3 years I am ready to give Key and Peele another look...with this skit...they earned
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