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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPointed 'Key & Peele' sketch slams police brutality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=43&v=Rg58d8opQKAThis might be Key and Peele's most political sketch yet.
In "Negrotown," main characters Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key imagine a utopia for black people where "you can walk the street without getting stopped, harassed or beat." It starts off with Key getting arrested for no reason by a police officer who slams his head on a car door, thus kicking off his hallucinatory pipe dream of "Negrotown."
The Comedy Central series is well-known for tackling serious topics with clever punchlines. However, "Negrotown" is the most pointed, politically combative sketch the show has produced thus far. It's a no-holds-barred bit that underlines some of the macabre experiences of being black in America, making allusions to police brutality, Trayvon Martin's death and cultural appropriation.
Just read these lyrics: "You wont get followed when you try to shop/You can wear your hoodie and not get shot/No white folks to cross the street in fear/No trigger-happy cops or scared cashiers."
Considering the ongoing Freddie Gray trial (an unarmed black man who was killed in Baltimore by police officers), this Key and Peele sketch is unfortunately quite timely.
http://mashable.com/2015/05/06/key-peele-sketch-police-brutality/
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Pointed 'Key & Peele' sketch slams police brutality (Original Post)
damnedifIknow
May 2015
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AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)1. Did you ever see White Mans Burden, a 1995 movie?
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)3. No I haven't
I'll have to watch it later.
AuntPatsy
(9,904 posts)5. If you do get time to watch it, don't listen to critics, I'd like to hear your thoughts on it
I will say that most that viewed it did not give it favorable reviews, I have my suspicions why...
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)2. *dying of laughter*
That's outstanding.
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)4. Comedy Central is very strong lately
this sketch along with last night's Inside Amy Schumer's "12 Angry Men" parody (who saw it?) where the men must determine if Amy is "hot enough" to be on TV!