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Black Is The New White
Paul Mooney
A fascinating and fearless memoir from an enduring comedy genius ? the legendary, controversial, inimitable Paul Mooney.
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
November 2009
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Featuring: Paul Mooney
272 pages
ISBN: 1416587950
EAN: 9781416587958
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Most comedians tell jokes. Paul Mooney tells the truth. And
for more than forty years -- whether writing for Richard
Pryor and Saturday Night Live, creating In Living Color's
Homey D. Clown and Chappelle's Show's Negrodamus, or
performing stand-up to sold-out crowds around the country --
he's been provocative, incisive, and always absolutely
hilarious. Black Is the New White is an apologetically candid memoir
from a talent whose influence has ranged far wider than his
fame -- mostly by his own design. As head writer for The
Richard Pryor Show, he helped tear down racial barriers and
change the course of comedy. He helped Robin Williams and
Sandra Bernhard break into show business. He paved the way
for superstars like Eddie Murphy. And at every turn he's
shunned the easy set-up and punch line in favor of comedy
that's indisputably real and raw, reflecting the reality of
race issues in America even when it's generated outrage. While other stars soared only to crash and burn, Paul Mooney
has stayed chiefly behind the scenes, and he's got a
lifetime of stories to show for it. Few have witnessed as
much comedy history as Mooney; even fewer could recount it
with such riotous honesty and depth of insight. He reveals
the truth about his celebrated partnership with the
brilliant, self-destructive Richard Pryor, from their first
meeting to the very last joke, and reflects on some of his
most notorious moments, including organizing a performers'
strike on the iconic Comedy Store and publicly giving up the
n-word in his act after Michael Richards's onstage
outbursts. Decades ago, Paul Mooney set out not just to make
audiences laugh but to make them think. Black Is the New
White is the blisteringly funny, no-holds-barred story of
how he continues to succeed wildly at both.
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