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Paul Mooney: Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History

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  • 20072007
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Paul Mooney: Jesus Is Black - So Was Cleopatra - Know Your History (2007)
  • Documentary
  • Comedy
Few comedians can stir up controversy like the legendary Paul Mooney -- writer for Richard Pryor, creator of In Living Color's Homey the Clown and featured guest on Chappelle's Show. With hi... Read allFew comedians can stir up controversy like the legendary Paul Mooney -- writer for Richard Pryor, creator of In Living Color's Homey the Clown and featured guest on Chappelle's Show. With his characteristic brutal honesty, Mooney passionately and hysterically charges into the ele... Read allFew comedians can stir up controversy like the legendary Paul Mooney -- writer for Richard Pryor, creator of In Living Color's Homey the Clown and featured guest on Chappelle's Show. With his characteristic brutal honesty, Mooney passionately and hysterically charges into the electrified currents of racial tension. In this magnificent standup performance at Hollywood'... Read all
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  • Director
    • Bart Phillips
  • Writer
    • Paul Mooney
  • Stars
    • Paul Mooney
    • Sandra Bernhard
    • Gabriel Casseus
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    • Bart Phillips
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    • Paul Mooney
  • Stars
    • Paul Mooney
    • Sandra Bernhard
    • Gabriel Casseus
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    • 6User reviews
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    Sandra Bernhard
    Sandra Bernhard
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    Gabriel Casseus
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    Joyce Coleman
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    Mark Curry
    Mark Curry
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    Red Grant
    Red Grant
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    David Alan Grier
    David Alan Grier
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    Quincy Jones III
    Quincy Jones III
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    Daryl Mooney
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    Dwayne Mooney
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    Shane Mooney
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    Lori Petty
    Lori Petty
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    Colin Quinn
    Colin Quinn
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    Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
    Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
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    Shawn Ullman
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    David Banks
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    Luenell
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      • Paul Mooney
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    Few comedians can stir up controversy like the legendary Paul Mooney -- writer for Richard Pryor, creator of In Living Color's Homey the Clown and featured guest on Chappelle's Show. With his characteristic brutal honesty, Mooney passionately and hysterically charges into the electrified currents of racial tension. In this magnificent standup performance at Hollywood's Laugh Factory, Mooney earns a standing ovation with his relentless no-holds-barred observations on black history, stereotypes and prejudices, living in White America, celebrity divas and much, much more!
    • african american
    • black comedy
    • stand up comedy
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      • Documentary
      • Comedy
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    • Crazy credits
      In memory of Symeon Mooney - A Loving Son, Brother and Friend (1982-2001)
    • Connections
      Features The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
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      Birth of a Band
      Composed by Quincy Jones

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    The material of a comedic genius who decided to skip the facts & focus on being a racist.
    There's no doubt in my mind that Paul Mooney is a comedic genius, but it's also very clear that he's a left over from a much more racist time in America. Watching this material tinges between semi-hilarity, disgust, and sheer disbelief at some of the things he tries to pass off to his audience as fact. I'm not referring to certain details of a story being exaggerated for the sake of artistic license or the humor of a joke. What I'm talking about are blatant lies. Perhaps his audience is uneducated and he is telling them what they want to hear. I do know one thing, Paul Mooney is educated enough to know that he isn't telling the truth, but I suppose everyone has an agenda to feed and that only makes him human. Watch and enjoy this special if you like Paul Mooney. Just remember that nearly all of the facts he's using to wrap his jokes around are quite the opposite. I watched most of it, but between that and the racist banter I decided enough was enough. It seems to me as though in this day and age that as long as someone says something on TV, everyone else instantly entertains it as fact and that is sad. 1) Sad that people would believe something just because they saw it on TV and 2) Sad that they weren't educated enough to pick out that it was false in the first place.
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    • Release date
      • February 6, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Was Black... So Was Cleopatra
    • Filming locations
      • Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Momentum
      • QD3 Entertainment
      • Sunseekers Film
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      1 hour 26 minutes
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      • Color

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