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Tonya
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:16 pm: | 
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An Equal-Opportunity News Parody
By Brian Stelter
David Alan Grier,
the star of “Chocolate News”
on Comedy Central.
Get ready for a black, tongue-in-cheek version of “Dateline.”
“Chocolate News,” a new sketch comedy series on Comedy Central, will made its debut in October, just in time for the presidential election. The show, starring David Alan Grier, will pretend to offer news from an African-American perspective.
Speaking to reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, Mr. Grier said that if Barack Obama wins the presidency, it would be a windfall for his show. “That would be like a monumentous occasion culturally and comedically,” he said.
Robert Morton, an executive producer, said the show is “figuring out how to do some sort of live topical presentation the night after the election.”
“We just have to,” Mr. Morton said. “It’s too good to miss.”
“The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report,” two other news satires, are preparing to team up for a live election-night special.
“Chocolate News” is ostensibly a newsmagazine — the “Dateline” to Jon Stewart’s “Nightly News.” As an example of what viewers can expect, Mr. Grier pointed to an upcoming skit about the person who does John McCain’s laundry. The skit also features Mr. McCain’s “Reverend Wright-type person,” referring to Mr. Obama’s controversial pastor.
Mr. Grier joked: “We found John McCain’s launderer, his dry cleaner, and his recordings… where the guy goes, you know, ‘Black and white cannot be together. If they mix, white will be ruined. This cannot be allowed to happen.’ ” In the skit, the comments are “used by the ‘Chocolate News’ to bring him down,” Mr. Grier added.
http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/an-equal-opportunity-news-parody/ |
Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 7410
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:27 pm: |
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I think I like David Alen Grier (it's been so long since he had a gig), but I'm not too sure if he's above the cooning and the selling-out that's so common these days among nigggrow ingrates. We'll see. |
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