Revolution Televised.pdf

Powell, Colin, 181–82
prisons, 50, 111, 148, 149, 181,
202n45
Proposition 14, 33
Proposition 209, 184
Pryor, Richard: albums by, 90,
147, 152; biography of, 144;
and censorship, 153–54, 157,
164–65; characters developed
by, 147–49; on Chitlin Circuit,
144; as conservative comedian,
xiv, 144–45, 167; crossover
into popular venues, 17; films
of, 152; mentoring by Redd
Foxx, 146; and political critique,
68, 146–47; at Redd’s
Place, 90; and Sanford and
Son, 93; on Saturday Night
Live, 150–52, 155; and sexism,
212n26; as stand-up comic,
143, 144–50, 181; and uplift,
149; and visual nature of
comedy, 149; on Flip Wilson,
72. See also Richard Pryor
Show
Public Broadcasting System (PBS),
41–42, 52
pure sitcoms, 210n31
quiz shows, 30
racial dictatorship, 7–8, 24, 113,
128, 174
racism: in the black community,
13, 14, 179, 203n55; covert,
178; institutionalized, 50, 138;
internalized, 5; symbolism of,
187–88; in television production,
82, 127; terminology of,
150–52, 213n30. See also Julia
radio, 27, 57–59, 204n6, 204n11
Reagan, Ronald, 18, 35, 169, 172
Reconstruction, 8, 212n25
Index 235
Redd’s Place, 90, 146
regressive television, 21, 86, 120,
140, 172
religion, 206n59. See also black
church
representation of blackness:
control of, xv, 48, 113, 187;
televisual disappearance of,
173; and integration, 6, 116;
in mainstream culture, xv, 42,
55, 194; positive examples, 60,
113, 116, 127, 138, 177–78; on
Richard Pryor Show, 161; on
Sanford and Son, 106. See also
stereotypes
resistant politics: and black communal
spaces, xiii; within mainstream
forums, 23, 54
Reuben, Aaron, 91–92, 99, 108–9
revisionist history, 26, 29
Richard Pryor Show: and black
engagement with television,
xiii, xiv; and censorship, 157,
164–65; four episodes of,
154–69; guests of, 156, 162;
low ratings of, 157; modes of,
161; premiere of, 143, 156;
roast on, 167–68; scheduling
of, 156
Riggs, Marlon, xii, 2, 197n4
Robinson, Bill “Bojangles,” 11
Rock, Chris: and black comedic
tradition, 181; and comedy
specials, xiv, 174, 180, 189–93;
216n34; and discussion of
black issues, 181, 188, 198n19;
and social critique, 182–93. See
also Chris Rock Show
Rolle, Esther: and Good Times,
128, 138–39; on humor, 127;
and politics, 110, 112, 132
Roll Out, 108
Room 222, 54