5/6/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: Men On Film- In Living Color

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Men on… (colloquially known as “Men on Film”) is the umbrella title for a series of comedy sketches that appeared in episodes of the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. The sketch featured two gay cultural critics, Blaine Edwards (Damon Wayans) and Antoine Merriweather (David Alan Grier), commenting on aspects of popular culture, including movies, art and television.  Continue reading

4/22/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

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Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (or simply Don’t Be a Menace)  The film spoofs a number of black, coming-of-age, hood films such as Juice, Jungle Fever, South Central, Higher Learning, Do the Right Thing, Poetic Justice, New Jack City, Dead Presidents, Friday, and most prominently Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society. Continue reading

4/15/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: Family Guy- Baby Got Black

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Baby Got Black is the eighteenth episode of the twelfth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the 228th episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 27, 2014, and is written by Kevin Biggins and Travis Bowe and directed by Brian Iles. In the episode, Chris falls in love with Jerome’s daughter, Pam, much to her father’s chagrin. When the two kids run away, Peter and Jerome team up to look for them. Continue reading

4/8/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: The Longest Yard Funny Moments

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The Longest Yard 2005 remake of the 1974 sports comedy film of the same name stars Adam Sandler as Paul Crewe; a disgraced Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback. He is forced to form a team from the prison inmates to play football against their guards. Continue reading

4/1/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: Trevor Noah

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Trevor Noah is a South African political satirist, writer, producer, DJ, television host, actor, media critic, and comedian. In March 2015, Comedy Central announced that Noah would become the host of The Daily Show, following the departure of Jon Stewart. Continue reading

3/25/15 Wildin Out Wednesday: Three Looks At Richard Pryor

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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor was a comedian, actor, film director, social critic, satirist, writer, and MC. Pryor was known for uncompromising examinations of racism and topical contemporary issues, which employed colorful vulgarities and profanity, as well as racial epithets. O&A NYC Magazine takes a look at three different points in Pryor’s groundbreaking career. Continue reading