{"product_id":"on-the-real-side-mel-watkins-9781556523519","title":"On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy","description":"This comprehensive history of black humor sets it in the context of American popular culture. Blackface minstrelsy, Stepin Fetchit, and the Amos 'n' Andy show presented a distorted picture of African Americans; this book contrasts this image with the authentic underground humor of African Americans found in folktales, race records, and all-black shows and films. After generations of stereotypes, the underground humor finally emerged before the American public with Richard Pryor in the 1970s. But Pryor was not the first popular comic to present authentically black humor. Watkins offers surprising reassessments of such seminal figures as Fetchit, Bert Williams, Moms Mabley, and Redd Foxx, looking at how they paved the way for contemporary comics such as Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and Bill Cosby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mel Watkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556523513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556523519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Hill Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.99w x 1.34d","brand":"Mel Watkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042376642815,"sku":"9781556523519","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd169f01-886d-4c5c-8788-3f1751030747.jpg?v=1684961152","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-real-side-mel-watkins-9781556523519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}