“Key & Peele’s” edge-less, post-racial lie

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Retrieved February 24, 2012. When asked to speak with his fabricated friends and family, Wendell makes up an abrupt event on the spot usually involving the fabricated person in question being killed to prevent the person he is talking to from piecing together that his stories are lies, and to end the conversation. Archived from on September 8, 2015.

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“Key & Peele’s” edge-less, post-racial lie

Eastern is neither funny nor daring. And since these are the show's two goals, it has failed miserably. In our sincere but hasty desire to actualize this mythical post-racist world, Key and Peele are the jackpot. Two light-skinned black men, middle-class in mannerism, who, like our black president, have white mothers. It's also been popular with viewers; the show was Comedy Central's most-watched premiere since 2009, and was just picked up for a second season. On one hand, this is a genuinely good thing. The black experience is hugely varied, existing outside of the limited narratives typically shown in film, television and music. These narrow definitions play a destructive role in how the world sees black people and how black people see themselves. This premise is the basis of nearly every single sketch. Yeah, but white guys, see, they drive a car like this. Key and Peele do have a few funny moments that show genuine potential for great comedy. Its eagerness to avoid offense hangs over every tepid sketch about race, sketches already laboring under excessive gentleness and lack of imagination. In each sketch black people are impeded by their own blackness, or more specifically black men cling to an idea of black masculinity, one that Key and Peele suggest is a needless performance. Key and Peele never show the reasons behind the performance of whiteness or blackness, and this is why the show is politically problematic and far less funny that it could be. All white people mean well, and the burden is now on black folk to figure out how to behave and adapt. The only sketches that are explicitly about racism are historical and the only racists in the first few episodes are Nazis and slave owners. We like to make fun of hypocrites, of bullies. Judging from the majority of their sketches, the main oppressive force the duo faces is a certain notion of blackness, particularly black masculinity. The pressure to conform to race appropriate behavior does exist. The most powerful comedy is based on pain and discomfort. But Key and Peele fail to ever address the violence of racism, literal or figurative, and this timidity leaves their material lifeless. Unless you are Bill Cosby who avoids race almost completely , comedy without bitterness, venom or pain, is no comedy at all. Key and Peele have the grit of a cotton ball. What does it mean that in order for two black comedians to get rave reviews, they must be stripped of the very weapons that are the essence of comedy? Reproduction of material from any Salon pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. SALON ® is registered in the U. Patent and Trademark Office as a trademark of Salon Media Group Inc. Associated Press articles: Copyright © 2016 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

He always responds to unexpected and sudden events with loud, excited swearing. A gay office worker finds out that he isn't being persecuted for gay, the truth being instead, that 'he's an asshole'. A musician who just finds out he'll be making a record is suddenly inundated by old friends and strangers who want to leech off of his success. A guest player in a breaks the rules by robbing the local and hooking-up with women instead of going on a quest. Samuel Key is very intelligent and well-mannered and exercises restraint when making important decisions. They are all shown to be similarly dressed in outdated fashion styles such as leather jackets, braided belts,and wire-rimmed glasses.