A Laughing Matter: Black Sitcoms in Review from 1950 to 2000
Click on the Little Rascals to the left for a 30-minute video about the exhibit.
Amos 'n' Andy 'n' Kingfish
Premise:
A Laughing Matter is about negotiating the authenticity of Black life in American culture, using stereotypes that peel back the layers of embedded systemic challenges, with hopes of increasing your awareness about marginalized people of color through situation comedies.
Examine what each sitcom, over a 50-year period, reveals about us.
Meanwhile, don’t choke on the joke!
A Laughing Matter is about negotiating the authenticity of Black life in American culture, using stereotypes that peel back the layers of embedded systemic challenges, with hopes of increasing your awareness about marginalized people of color through situation comedies.
Examine what each sitcom, over a 50-year period, reveals about us.
Meanwhile, don’t choke on the joke!
Beulah
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- Ten (10) authentic Ebony & Sepia magazines
- One Hundred Twelve (112) TV Guides & Jet magazines
- Twenty-Five (25) 11” x 14” matted images
- Five (5) 11” x 14” laminated images
- One (1) spreadsheet timeline for 87 sitcoms, 36” x 48”
- One (1) lunch box - Good Times
- One (1) 30-minute PowerPoint presentation with music
- Eight (8) four section towers (assembly required)
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