Kevin Hart is behind the two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution,” set to premiere on the A&E Network on Wednesday, June 29 at 9 p.m.The documentary, produced by Hart’s Hartbeat and Time Studios, explores the progression of Black comedy across time, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices. From Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley of the civil rights movement to modern-day comedians and creators like Key & Peele, Issa Rae, Amber Ruffin and Tiffany Haddish, the four-hour documentary celebrates the history and under-appreciated legacy that Black comedians had in driving social change across the 20th and 21st centuries.
Kevin Hart Says Beating Of Chappelle Attacker “Needed To Happen”; Isaiah Lee’s Brother Says Suspect Struggles With Mental Illness (Report)
06.05.2022 - 18:57 / deadline.com
Kevin Hart commended the apparent security beat-down of the man who tackled Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday evening, telling Jimmy Kimmel Live guest host Mike Birbiglia last night, “It’s one of those things that needed to happen.”
Viral photos of the 23-year-old Isaiah Lee (see below) show the suspect’s battered and swollen face and his distended, possibly broken arm as he was being loaded into an ambulance following the Bowl incident. Lee’s brother has told Rolling Stone that Lee, who was carrying a replica gun containing a knife during the Chappelle attack, is homeless and struggles with mental illness.
Whether Hart was aware of Lee’s difficulties was unclear. On Kimmel last night, he said, “Somebody ran onstage and got their ass whooped…It’s one of those things that needed to happen.” (Watch Hart’s interview above.)
Hart continued, “Do you want people to continue to think that they can cross that line and break the barrier of entertainer and [audience]? Somebody getting their ass whipped sends a message out to other people that was like, ‘I was thinking about doing that, but seeing that, I don’t really want to do that.’”
“I think that the world that we’re in right now, there’s a lot of lines that have gotten blurred, and sometimes you gotta take a lot of steps back to take a step forward,” Hart said, adding. “I think it’s time to get back to a place of respect for your live entertainer and understand that you’re coming to a show.”
Hart did not refer to Will Smith’s onstage smacking of Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars; Smith was not removed by Oscar security following the attack.
Not much is known about the suspect’s motives, but an onstage joke by Chappelle that he was “a trans man” was disputed by
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