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SUMMARY:Comedy as Resistance: Hollywood Shuffle
DESCRIPTION:Visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive website to learn more 
 about upcoming screenings and events.\n\nFree admission. No advance 
 reservations. Your seat will be assigned to you when you pick up your 
 ticket at the box office. Seats are assigned on a first come\, first served 
 basis. The box office opens one hour before the event.\n\nIn person: 
 Introduction\, including a brief talk\, by Artel Great\, associate 
 professor\, San Francisco State University School of Cinema\, and author of 
 The Black Pack: Comedy\, Race\, and Resistance. Q&A with actor Anne-Marie 
 Johnson and Spring Mooney\, daughter of comedian and actor Paul Mooney.\n\n 
 \n\nScreening 1 of 3\n\nComing to America trailer\n\nYear: 1988\nCountry: 
 U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 2 min.\n35mm. Color.\n\nIn the most 
 commercially successful Black comedy feature of its era\, Eddie Murphy 
 stands at the center of the Black Pack as Prince Akeem\, heir to the throne 
 of Zamunda\, who leaves royal luxury for Queens\, New York\, in search of 
 love on his own terms.\n\nScreening 2 of 3\n\nHollywood Shuffle\n\nYear: 
 1987\nCountry: U.S.\nLanguage: English\nRuntime: 82 min.\n35mm. 
 Color.\n\n\n\nRobert Townsend’s audacious directorial debut remains a 
 razor-sharp satire of Hollywood’s degrading and limited roles for Black 
 actors. Townsend stars as Bobby Taylor\, an aspiring actor pressured to 
 erase himself to fit an “Eddie Murphy type” while auditioning for an 
 outlandish Blaxploitation knockoff. A foundational text of the Black Pack 
 collective\, the independently produced film insists on comedy as social 
 critique — using satire not as escapism\, but as a strategy to expose 
 industry gatekeeping\, reclaim authorship and speak truth to 
 power.\n\nDirector: Robert Townsend. Screenwriters: Keenen Ivory Wayans\, 
 Robert Townsend. With: Robert Townsend\, Anne-Marie Johnson\, Helen 
 Martin.\n\n
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, UCLA Film & Television Archive
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:Screening
CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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