Task:
Choose A Topic
WRITE one paragraph describing your Final Paper. Why/ how did you select your topic? What is your tentative argument? Upload your paragraph to Canvas.
Choose a COMEDIC film OR TV show (2+ episodes) directed by a black filmmaker/ artist OR that features a black performance artist in the leading role and write a 5-page paper (12-pt font, double spaced) analyzing how the main characters demonstrate the intersection of race, class, and gendered identities. How do the characters illustrate the concept of "diversity within blackness"? Does the use of comedy reinforce or challenge negative stereotypes of blackness? If so, or if not, why? Please pay careful attention to how geographic location and historical context shape the characters' worldviews.
1. TV Shows and Films to consider
https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/02/best-black-sitcoms/steve-harvey-show
Blackish
Girlfriends
The Boondocks
The Cleveland Show
The Jamie Foxx Show
The Steve Harvey Show
2. FILMS https://www.imdb.com/list/ls052391452/
Central Intelligence
Ride Along 1 or 2
Think Like a Man
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Trading Places