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Jul 10, 2024 · Despite all the ways that the world has changed since Chris Rock stepped onstage to deliver his third special, “Bigger & Blacker,” which premiered on HBO on July 10, 1999, all you have to do...
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Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker: Directed by Keith Truesdell. With Chris Rock, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Monteria Ivey. Chris Rock's third HBO comedy special shows him performing his stand-up routine at Apollo Theater in Harlem.
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- Documentary, Comedy
- Keith Truesdell
- 1999-07-10
Bigger & Blacker is an HBO production filmed in the Apollo Theater and is brilliant satire from the perspective of an African-American. Rock lays the smack down on topics such as school violence, gun control, irresponsible parents, neglected fathers, infidelity, bigotry, and the poor state of health care.
Jul 10, 2024 · The comic's 1999 stand-up special premiered on HBO when he had the most to lose — and he pulled no punches with its provocative, no-holds-barred humor.
[Chris] Rock stalks the stage more aggressively in this special than in his previous one, and proves both how fearless he is and how much confidence he has in his material. Full Review | Aug 2,...
Jul 8, 1999 · In “Bigger & Blacker,” the budding superstar of stage and screens both large and small takes no prisoners in a wickedly original, brutally honest hour of sheer observational brilliance.
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Jul 11, 2024 · Despite all the ways that the world has changed since Chris Rock stepped onstage to deliver his third special, “Bigger & Blacker,” which premiered on HBO on July 10, 1999, all you have to do is watch it to realize how much the concerns of our country are still the same.
