David Alan Grier - “The American Society of Magical Negroes” | The Daily Show
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- Tony Award-winning actor, comedian, and star of the new film “The American Society of Magical Negroes” David Alan Grier stops by to discuss how his latest project satirizes the “magical negro” trope in film and TV, his experience auditioning for those types of roles in Hollywood, and the enduring legacy of “In Living Color.” #DailyShow #DavidAlanGrier #comedy
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I watched In Living Color with my parents! What a time to be alive!
Men on men, David Allen Grier, and Damon Wayans, funny funny funny!!
@@kevinmcconnell3641 Don't forget Kim "But I ain't one to gossip, so you didn't hear it from me" Wayans. Benita Buttrell was always a hoot
Funny - back in the day, I saw him at a comedy club in the ATL with my parents - his stand up was great! Favorite character by him on In Living Color was” like to hear it, here it goes”🤣😂🤣💕
It was a lot of fun back in the day
Homie the Clown was awesome
I watched In Living Color with my sisters. Hilarious!!! Cutting edge comedy...
Desi is having the time of her life, it's really cute how joyous she is in the role of the co-host with Michael. They mesh together really well. It's almost like siblings.
But why is she not host alone when everyone else in the show has been?!
She has hosted alone, several times. So has Michael. they are just mixing it up a little this week
DAG is a comedy legend. Such stellar charisma. In living Color was quintessential 90's television at its very best! Looking forward to seeing this latest project.
His spot at the Apollo was legendary.
I miss those days. It was more raw and in-your-face humor
I got to meet David Alan Grier around twenty years ago at the Santa Monica Convention Center at a photography expo. The man is TALL!!! And he was very nice to talk to.
(Edit: I misspelled his last name! It isn’t like it was in the video description or anything…😵)
Ever since Covid i really don’t hear about new movies anymore. Thank you TDS for informing about DAGs. I’ll have to go find a trailer. Why didn’t you guys show it?
It never occurred to me to think about how tall we grow men in the US and Canada! Thanks for mentioning it. Cheers!
I was remembering an independent film called 'Amazon Women On The Moon'. The premise was the movie was awful and kept breaking, so there were all these funny commercials. I knew David had a part in one, but I never realized all the parts this gentleman has played! WOW.
Satirical film?! Its a crybaby story of the eternal victims
not at all, you are FAKE NEWS
@@studio54studiono he’s right……
I'm boomer and a big fan of Greer and In living color. Man that comedy was just what we needed at the time, right up there with Monty Python.
He was great as the voice! He should host the Oscsrs next time
I was in 10th/11th grade when "In Living Color" was on, there was nothing like it on TV. I think FOX as a national network was only 3-years old at the time? It wasn't until "Chappelle's Show" 10+ years later that we had the same level of raw, racially-charged comedy gold on TV. My son is 6, I look forward to sitting down with him and watching these old comic masters.
On occasion I look up 'hip house' dj sets on TH-cam to relive the magical music intros with the Fly Girls.
On the backs of legends, fox built itself a house of hate... In Living Color should be required reading, comedy is meant to do what it did, which is to expose and then heal rifts in an endless cycle through time.
_"You can do whatchu wanna do.._ _anything you want,_ _it's up to you..."_
"In living color" 😊😅 👏
Key and Peele's "Magical Negroes" sketch was dope AF imho.
Another great talent from Detroit.
I'm seeing this movie tomorrow. I'm hoping it'll be great!
And the result was ?
@@Viglin123 It was ok. Not much of a satire. More of a romance story with a side of societal commentary
@@HanmaHeiro
Thanks for an honest opinion, wife and l been debating seeing it, but after seeing several reviews it was going to be a hard pass.
Maybe we will wait for streaming.
He gets 2 snaps!
As a boomer I was a huge fan of In Living Color. We needed it then and now!
but this ain't about that lol it's about a new mediocre movie.
This woke 🗑 is bombing hard. Love it!
Get woke go broke
Desi and whatshisname sitting there together like brother and sister at the dinner table
We Love you, David!
There has to be a place where they came reboot In Living Color. I’d pay to watch it
David is a national treasure
I was just thinking about DAG. Love to see him again ❤❤❤
very confusing having two hosts. i love you both. either of you could have totally handled that interview. Obviously i didnt see the whole eepisode so i probably missed the context.
Why they having him on...his movie is one of the most stupidest over woke things ever...and i am a centrist both liberal and conservative in canada
They are leftists shills, and hats why.
I remember that dude from in living color...
One of my favorite characters David Alan Grier did was Don "No Soul" Simmons, I loved In living color, but David held a special place for me on that show. Great memories!
Two snaps up, with a twist!💖.
Grier was always my choice for funniest member of the In Living Color cast.
2 snaps up, honey.
It seems like since playing the cowardly lion in the reboot of The Wiz, his career has seem a renaissance.
I've been looking forward to this movie. LOVE DAG.
It failed horribly at the box office
Two snaps!
Straight goat. Love this guy. David, thank you for all you’ve given us.
He is right. I can't imagine the skit Men on Film being tolerated in today's society at all.
Desi!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Blankman 2 would most definitely get "two snaps up in a *Z* formation
I’m so mad he didn’t get the part of Harpo. He would have been awesome as Harpo.
Look its the Black Neil Young...
A man with a stellar career has just thrown it down the toilet in support of some woke bullsheet.
"Hated it!"
Who are the fun people who know the reference?
3 snaps in a circle
They couldn't show this whole short interview on TV. 🤔
This movie doesn't seem to be showing at my local theater. That's annoying.
I mean the whole "magic sidekick" trope appears beyond just black people. most movies have a sidekick character that's just there to help out the protagonist. not that black people have never been marginalized or stereotyped.
I still wanna see this movie and enjoy it and all. but I sincerely believe if most of these "magic sidekick" roles didn't go to a black person they could have easily gone to a white, mexican, italian, chinese, australian, romanian, irish, puerto rican, dominican, swedish, canadian, or basque person of decent instead.
why would you beep him at 2:06
What disgustigly pandering interview.
huh
@@studio54studio "huh"
@@studio54studiothe movie bombed
🎉 I got my ticket
Grier🧙🏾♂️
Why is everyone but David white? I just realized HOW white late night TV is 😯
Movie made 3$ 😂
It flopped at the box office
To be fair, there's a million "magical white" characters as well; but whereas they're meant purely as a deus ex machina, similar black characters are often used as both a deus ex machina _and_ a means to check off the diversity quota.
Ok point taken but was this the only way to execute the satire ? I mean do we have to then use magic to make white’s comfortable bc they’re the most dangerous animals?
@@swampscrapper They're not the most dangerous animals in Chicago or Oakland.
He was phenomenal in the movie
hav 1st 4 ILC: ♂️ ON! 🌈
Did he steal from Key and Peele sketch ?
That movie doesnt satirize the trope I cannot write on youtube. It perpetuates it. And also isnt funny.
You’re the one subscribed.
@@paradox8402 gee it's almost like i dont have to agree with everything thats posted on a TH-cam channel. imagine that. maybe i agree with about half of their content and laufh at it? then comment on the other stuff? you know, like an adult that has opinions and isnt part of a hivemind?
DAG!!!
DAG! 🎉
Don “No Soul” Simmons
The Daily Show has a distinct “Woke Suburban Karen” vibe lately.
Why isn’t Dolcé doing this interview?
Interesting.
Green Mile
Legend
Three words. fab-u-lous
Sad, racist garbage bombed. Just got pulled from theaters.
I love Michael Kostas; I love Desi Lydic; I don't love the two host format.
Yes you can do ILC now, you shouldn’t be scared of the pc crowd and do comedy for the sake of it!
David Alan Grier IS THE PC CROWD.
Wow it's crazy how young he was during In Living Color and now he looks like that guy in the song Zippety Do Dah Day. Hey! I'm just sayin.
Im done wit Grier, they need to Me Too this mf...
Hmmm
Watch everybody change when he says the N word.
They always trip and die
Are you two a couple?
Why not the Noirs? Just another Indo-European word...
I actually loved the movie. But I'll look into why people don't like it.
In a word: "racism" (against whites, that is)
Yukk🤮 The film might be great but the presenters are so falling over themselves to kiss his....
New movie sounds cringe. ILC is still on TH-cam.
David would make a much better Curly then Harpo
Two snaps up!
In a Z formation!!
@@catherinewhite3508 ...and a twist
Two snaps and AROUND THE WORLD!
I’d love to see a sitdown with Josh Johnson and David Allen Grier
That's a brilliant idea.
And Dulcé Sloan ❤
Big fan of In Living Color. Personally, I think it still works, but then I can also appreciate Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles. I can't put my finger on it, but even if some comedy is politically incorrect, it's still possible to tell if it's done to be meanspirited or with heart.
Agreed
Totally agree
People are overly sensitive these days and need to be able to laugh at themselves as well as others
But a lot of what they did back then would drive todays cancel culture out of their minds
Somewhere along the line we all became to thin skinned where every little micro-aggression has to mean war
Agreed. It's satire. Blazing saddles is iconic for it.
Wait. People can’t appreciate Blazing Saddles any longer?
How? It’s so over the top and mocking of bigots, sexism, etc I thought it held up well - but I haven’t seen it in a while.
@@dmonee6196 Sadly, there are those who place it into the blaxploitation category
Thus, my point that to many people need to get over themselves and just enjoy the humor instead of blowing a blood vessel over every little micro-aggression
Save the moral outrage over things that actually matter
I can't help it. I'm preoccupied with bitterness at not being able to pull off a hat like he does.
I can't blame you, it's a great hat.
It’s important that you are able to admit that. Because you have given me the courage to do so as well. I am really jealous right now. I am so uncool that I would be offended if I wore that hat in public, and people did not start throwing their own excrement at me. I would deserve it.
I got a hat that rocks. Rabbit felt from 1958.
Or just leave it on and wear it.
You must get a hat that is exactly your fit.
A hat that is too big will shift around weirdly, and a hat that is too small will always make you look like a clown.
IF you have a hat that is just slightly too big, you can stuff tissue in the lining.
Yes, exactly like stuffing a bra, and, exactly like stuffing a bra, it will look fantastic.
The legendary David Alan Grier
NOBODY crushed the Apollo theatre like he did.
The only person that can come back from a train wreck like that is him. The film was disaster. I am disappointed he signed up for it. People gotta eat though.
the movie he is promoting is one of the biggest box office flops of all time
. Nice!
:-)
I wouldn’t say it’s the biggest flop of all time. The budget to make it wasn’t huge. Shazam 2, Black Adam, The Flash, The Marvels, Antman:Quantimania are examples of big budget 💩 sacks.
But the movie he’s promoting is definitely a film NOBODY asked for.
@@EphraimBlack-f5xI agree
One of the funniest people to ever walk the planet
I first saw him in "Amazon Women on the Moon" as Don "No Soul" Simmons, and loved him immediately!
I have the clip of Arsenio Hall's very bad day (the skit called Mondo Condo) saved in my bookmarks for quick access when I'm having a crummy day, but David's bit with BB King for the Blacks Without Soul album is truly hilarious.
The Apollo clip@@TheGollyLlama is unreal.
Charles "Honeydew" Wilkins.
The movie is a box office and critical FLOP lol "Trash" they say
I just bought the box set of living color and then bumped into this....Just wonderful
You should watch him as Santa in 2023's Christmas movie.
To me the interviewers seem dishonest. They give off the vibe "Oh, he's Black - we have to be nice and to say some encouraging things no matter what". That's also a kind of racism.
Yes and if you’ve seen the trailer you might take your comment a few steps further
If you think they were being dishonestly positive about the film he was promoting, that's just talkshow guest hospitality 101. It's their job to give a positive impression of the thing their guest is promoting. They're not reviewers. Specifically in this segment they are essentially talk show hosts.
If you think they were being dishonestly positive about the guest himself then I think you're reading too much into it. I didn't get the vibe that they were "being nice because he's black." They were being nice because they like him and his lifetime of work. If there was dishonest positivity it was more likely due to the fact that their job as hosts is to treat all their guests with positivity.
I think I may need a magical negroe because I feel uncomfortable with this whole concept; must need a magical black personality to show me how to get by in this world
Of course the two hosts are just pretending to be nice to him. They’re white, Hollywood liberals. That’s what they’re paid to do. It’s literally in their contracts.
If any of those clapping seals in the audience saw a guy who looked like DAG walking through their lily white suburban neighborhood , you’d better believe they’d be on high alert.
“Kristin…I don’t want to alarm you but I’m looking out my front window and there’s a person of color walking past your house! I think he might be lost but you should probably call the police just to be safe.”
Blankmans sidekick
Other Guy!
David Alan Greer is a living😅 legend😅
Lol no he isn't. He's a has-been, '90s hack.
@@TheGr8one1022
You do not know what you are talking about, why don't you read a about African-American History,? Oh, you probobly don't even read a book. Try it you may learn something. So next time you have to say anything try critical thinking.🤔 You may learn or help someone. How old were you in the nineties, were you old enough to drnk alcohol? Or were a kid, or a knucklehead teenager wanting to get laid. No matter you wouldn't realize a thing if it smacked you in your head. One more thing has been doesn't have a hypen
@@TheGr8one1022
Yes, he is a living legend!
@@VcNx2525 He just isn't, though. He peaked in 1992 on In Living Color, becoming a comedy act when his drama attempts failed, then was a bit part in numerous garbage '90s movies. Boomerang? Blankman? In the Army Now? McHale's Navy? Those are considered some of the worst movies ever made, to the point he was never given a main cast role again, followed by bit parts in failed show after another.
He's just another dumb "oh I recognize that guy" actor.
Anyone else have a tough time seeing these legends get older? He will be 68 this year!
Yeah but he looks amazing.
I hope you survive getting older...be brave.
Having a tough time seeing myself get older. I’m just sorry I seem to be dragging everyone else with me.
DAG!!!! Loved him as Santa Clause in Candy Cane Lane!
Nice interview, but the movie is a complete trash.
31% on Rotten Tomatoes. 3.2 / 10 on IMDb.
The critics on Rotten Tomatoes hate it...because it's not left wing enough. The audiences hate it...because it's too left wing.
In Living Color was our Social Media fam... Kids today just don't know ❤
Oh grow up
The hardest I ever laughed in my life was while watching "Men on Films!" 😂
Liberals consider it homophobic now.
A guy who started out on a wacky sketch comedy show and, over the years, transitioned to being a renaissance man!
This is gonna bomb soooo bad
It already did
DAG-a-docious!!!
Woooooooooo!!!
I *loved* his show "Chocolate News"
In Living Color.
man that theme song is epic
I got to meet David Alan Grier by accident like 8 years ago because he was a speaker in my University. For context I'm not American so I only knew him from 1 thing the Kenan and Kel go to Hollywood episode and when I told him that he started out laughing and told us he had a blast doing that super down to earth guy
When he says 'I didn't get driving miss daisy' i'm like I really liked that movie...lol
I still love that movie
Saw David at a Q & A about a year ago at Cobbs in San Francisco. Great he got to VO the Oscars!
What a freaking tool he turned into. Why he took this roll as a BLACK man is beyond me. This movie and message are shameful.