NBC’s recent announcement of the development of a half-hour comedy show, "Black Girl Magic," follows the August 2019 debut of HBO's "A Black Lady Sketch Show," a history-making comedy featuring ...

Black comedy mines difficult or upsetting topics for satirization, provocation, and laughter—the kind you can’t believe is leaving your mouth.

From stand-up acts to hit movies, Black comedy has been driving the culture for generations. Learn more about its history, and get some recommendations for a watch party too. Black Comedy Month is ...

Roundtable: The State of Black Humor Tony Cox has a conversation on the evolution of black humor with Emmy-nominated actress and comedienne Kym Whitley, and veteran comics Alex Thomas and Buddy Lewis.

The Phoenician Scheme is a black comedy film that fans are eager to watch from their homes. So, is the movie available for ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway ...

The theater world often makes it hard to find a play that can sustain itself around one central conceit; however, Peter Shaffer’s one-act farce “Black Comedy” at the Signature Theater succeeds in ...

It's hard to review writer/director Martin McDonagh's latest film, "Seven Psychopaths," without comparing it to his feature debut, "In Bruges" (2008), another black comedy starring Colin Farrell.

Black Americans channel humor to cope with Trump, including the violent looting of the U.S. Capitol. There's a longstanding legacy of Black people laughing to keep from crying while just trying to ...