“Your Television Will Be Colorized” lecture on race in TV comedies
Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library and Marquette Financial Companies are presenting Your Television Will Be Colorized: Black TV Comics; Riffs on Race in August as part of The People’s University, a free lecture program at the downtown Minneapolis Public Library. The sessions, which will be led by a professor from the University of Minnesota, will take place August 6, 13, & 20 from 6:30-8 pm.
Your Television Will Be Colorized: Black TV Comics; Riffs on Race — Click Here to Register!
Wednesdays, August 6, 13, & 20; 6:30-8 PM
Presented by Dr. Walt R. Jacobs, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota’s African American & African Studies Department and author of three books, including Lower Frequencies: Students and Media Literacy.
African American comics have a long history of using television as a stage to address the continuing significance of race in the United States. From overt commentary offered in sketch comedy shows such as In Living Color to the more subtle discourse used in a situation comedy like The Cosby Show, class participants will learn to identify and decode racial critique of American society found in TV shows that without losing the pleasure we derive from these systems. Clips from shows of the early 1970s (The Flip Wilson Show) through the mid-2000s (Chappelle’s Show) will be shown and discussion will focus on developing critical media literacy.
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