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The Colored Museum (1991) | Loretta Devine Danitra Vance EDITED

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1991 TV production of The Colored Museum starring Danitra Vance, Linda Hopkins, Victor Love, Kevin Jackson, Reggie Montgomery, Vickilyn Reynolds, Loretta Devine, Tommy Hollis, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney and Suzzanne Douglas.
The Colored Museum is a play written by George C. Wolfe that premiered in 1986, directed by L. Kenneth Richardson.[1] In a series of 11 “exhibits” (sketches), the review explores and satires prominent themes and identities of African-American culture. - Wikipedia
Note: Audio of Aretha Franklin performing RESPECT has been omitted around the 33:00 mark due to a copyright claim
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@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 года назад

The irony is the hostess is hilarioul and yet the subject matter is so soul crushing that if I allowed myself to feel or become emotionally vulnerable to this movie,, I would cry for four hundred years.

@Thvndar 2 года назад

which was the whole point of "symbiosis"

@xxxtacy 4 года назад

Damn, this is still relevant in 2020.

@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 года назад

And that's the tradegy..No group of people could've survived slavery.

@mitzithompson6585 2 года назад

2022

@willwjl 5 месяцев назад

There are some goons online commenting on the first monologue, and call it ‘lame’ what a bunch of clowns. do people lack empathy anymore? except maybe for dogs and cats and animals, and not people?

@vashtikelly6837 2 месяца назад

2024❤❤❤❤

@folddpd1 4 года назад

R.I.P. Danitra Vance July 13, 1954 - August 21, 1994

@VEGANISTA269 4 года назад

I worked at the theater and saw almost EVERY performance in 1988. The cast were AHMAZING. Danitra, Vickylynn, Loretta, Reggie, Tommy, George and the drummer guy were so friendly and inviting, and cool to hang with. What a SUPERB and fun cast! George's play was an eye opener for this then teen, what an education! He then went on to do Jelly's Last Jam (I LOVED it), Spunk, Bring da Noise.., Angels In America.... Ah the memories...

@Debore46 4 месяца назад

That was a fantastic play. Really loved it ❤

@Bicusproductions 4 месяца назад

2024- This is still relevant. Timeless. Beautiful.

@JaySheRight 3 года назад

That hair scene was phenomenal!!!!!

@jmelo9993 3 года назад

It was everything!!!

@mommak10 4 года назад

“We have no intentions of throwing you overboard and collecting the insurance! We value you!” Along with the pictures gave me chills

@elishawimsatt3801 4 года назад

Love this play. I performed Ms. Pat, Photo Shoot, Madea Jones, the bald woman in Hairpiece and Normal Jean in Premutations with our local community theater group (Theater Workshop of Louisville) back in the day. This was the first time I had seen this production. Love the cameo of George Wolf! This cast was such a treat to watch! Really great theater, writing and directing! t

@willwjl 5 месяцев назад

I’m almost 64 & I’ve never seen or heard about this, ever. Love Danitra Vance! You never stop learning!

@alayothomas6295 4 года назад

I know Ms Loretta Devine and her voice anywhere. This post is epic. Please give us MORE.

@Tonia682 4 года назад

Wow! My mom taped this on VHS from PBS back then. I watched this multiple times. Never thought I would see this again! 🙌🏾.

@jamesmayo9290 4 года назад

I'm here to bring blacks back to past memories

@CashelCampbell 4 года назад

I was the little girl Loretta D hugged in Lalas opening but I can’t seem to find the footage any where. Please if you come across it, comment back.

@mizzpicklezz 2 года назад

Yes, my mom did the same lol

@darajones622 Год назад

My mom did too! I'm so glad I was able to see it again.

@jdevivre7512 Год назад

Me too!

@SimplySage854 4 года назад

I remember seeing this play off broadway with my parents in the late eighties early nineties. Brings back good memories. Thanks for posting

@christinarobinson516 4 года назад

Wow, I didn't know that it was a play. I thought it was an old movie, I didn't see before. Thank you for your comment. 😷😍

@stellabellafontay9366 4 года назад

Your parents were wonderful to take you.

@tomshea8382 2 года назад

I saw it at the Public as well.

@michellewilliams5206 4 года назад

This is amazing i did not know nothing about this back in the day.

@quandricorutledge 3 года назад

It's comical and sad How so many people criticize what they don't understand. I was actually in this play during College. We had to stop rehearsals several times because the subject matter was so heavy. The Director took time to let us have discussions and just breathe. This is the PAIN of Black folk masked with laughter and smiles, It's something we've been doing for YEARS. It's sad, this show is still completely relevant in 2021.

@kennyb1588 2 года назад

I am Gen Z and I am actually shocked at how many ppl are missing the point of this and think it’s making a mockery of black history

@MichaelaOkpalugo 4 месяца назад

This was so good, watching in 2024. Thank you for sharing our stories 🖤

@reelblack 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@kingmissy 3 года назад

I'm supposed to perform 'the party' monologue so I'm really happy that I get to see how it was originally acted. It gives me an idea of what to do I mean I'm 16 and nobody ever spoke to me about The Colored Museum lol. Good to know about it. Dope play.

@edwardryan8524 2 года назад

One of the best parts of this work is the clever title. This subject matter is painful and triggering, but by making these skits museum exhibits some of the direct harm is removed. They are relics, they are history, (or should be) Museums hold artifacts that are still important for a culture or society to learn from, this play does that. These stereotypes ARE funny because they are so ridiculous. The subjects can be traumatizing, but this production gives us a chance to see them in a context where we can be partially removed and defines them with comedy. Genius

@MegaPOOHPOO 4 года назад

My ppl are so creative

@felineth56 4 года назад

I have to say that even though it's a "play" these pictures related to slavery hurt me so much!

@MicaMonroe69 2 года назад

Anytime I can't find anything to watch I always come here.. Thank you for your uploads :)

@laja5579 4 года назад

For those who do not understand this dope and deep ass piece ....please go inform yourself not sit her and claim that this teaches nothing...thank u🙏🏽Luv Management 😘

@PROFILENSTYLE 3 года назад

The soldiers scene is profound, deep ., and so true for many

@antwuanwalker2648 6 месяцев назад

My son directed this play today at Yale. I was blown away. The soldier scene really resonated with me. I equates the needle to the way heroine infected the black community after the Vietnam war 😔

@kcc09kcc 3 года назад

Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom brought me here!!! I’ve never knew about any of his plays!! Wow this play is powerful 🔥🔥🔥

@reimourrpower9357 3 года назад

Thank you *REELBLACK* for archiving and sharing these important and awesome gems like THE COLORED MUSEUM. Just started and I'm stirred by the power of this piece Celebrity Slave Lines.

@moviegirl8648 4 года назад

I saw this on PBS. Thanks for posting. RIP Danitra Vance. She was the sister of Courtney Vance.

@youaintgettingmyhandle 4 года назад

He has a sister but it wasn't Danitra. Her name is Cecilie. She looks like this: www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/courtney-b-vance-sister-cecilie-vance-penchion-mother-news-photo/172557558

@stellabellafontay9366 4 года назад

Danitra Vince was also a comedienne and SNL player before she passed away.

@ltvanburen8555 2 года назад

No, not sister of Courtney B., though that would have been really cool. Absolutely love CBV.

@moviegirl8648 2 года назад

@@ltvanburen8555 Yes, she was the sister of Courtney B. Vance! Look it up.

@crowdfundyourdream 7 месяцев назад

@moviegirl8648 no she isn't his sister. They are not from the same state and don't have the same parents, ie, not brother and sister nor related at all. Folks pls continue to fact check on the internet.

@alaricblair3264 2 года назад

Stunning. Riveting. Soul-stirring and RELEVANT.

@vashtikelly6837 3 года назад

the piece with the 2 heads could be a sitcom today on its own........

@middlecreekstudios 2 года назад

Who in their right mind would dislike this...oh wait

@beverlytolbert2278 4 года назад

Footnote...I also performed the parts......in the privacy of my home. The actors were SUPERB!!

@stellabellafontay9366 4 года назад

Yesss. This upload has stirred up my Broadway acting 🔥

@sum808s 3 месяца назад

This was everythinggg. Much love to everyone involved!!

@janedowe2682 4 года назад

The basketball did it for me... she was on point with so much......so much.....

@femmetron9k182 4 года назад

I absolutely love this! the monologues are amazing

@Boudanyoussefraqs 3 года назад

This is fantastic! It’s so powerful, sad, and very deep. The monologues, and so much that makes people think.

@crowdfundyourdream 7 месяцев назад

This must've been electric to see live! Bravo.

@lascenemediagroup 3 года назад

I remember watching this with my girlfriend of the time when it aired in 1991. It completely caught me by surprise and made a profound impression upon me. #RIPSuzzanneDouglas

@mrmartywaring 4 года назад

Wow!!! I saw the play. I didn't know there was a movie adaptation

@KaylaJohnson1995 3 года назад

This is so deep and amazing but also heartbreaking ❤️💔❤️💔

@KreKre99 3 года назад

I remember this from when I was a kid. RIP Suzzanne Douglas💗💗

@TipsyFairy901 5 месяцев назад

I’m so blessed to have discovered this! Why weren’t we shown this in school 😢

@NN-fo1xo 3 года назад

It is very interessesting the 1rst scene reminds me of Black Mirror S4ep 06 Black Museum.😜 It is good to see original pieces and where producers may get ideas 🤗

@willfeen 2 года назад

me too. but it bothers me that Black Mirror creator never gave credit or pointed us to George Wolfe’s work, even practically ripping off the title..

@naomim.walker3011 4 года назад

Wow!!!! THIS IS PHENOMENAL!!!

@DetroitLives313 4 года назад

I loved her when she was on SNL.

@beverlytolbert2278 4 года назад

Wow! I saw this on PBS years ago, and lived it. I also bought the book form. I was looking through my bookshelf and thought about rereading (for the umpteenth time!) What a delightful surprise to see it again. Very thought provoking, excellently done. Would love to see it on stage! Folks would be squeamish, however, it'd be great.

@iamamberwoodhouse 3 месяца назад

This is incredible omg.

@Katrina.Boots.Rainsong 4 года назад

Such a big part of my childhood! First time I saw this was on PBS, must have been about 6 yrs old. Around 12 my mom and I read it outloud together and she took me to see it live. We were the only Black folks in the audience but we didn't care. So glad to be able to introduce this to friends.

@KevonnieElaine 4 года назад

Thank you so much!❤

@MQFahey 3 года назад

Pain, humor, abject horror, satire, truth. Thanks for posting this!

@stellabellafontay9366 4 года назад

This channel is such a treasure. Thank you so much.

@andrerochester4705 3 года назад

30 years later and all of this is relevant.

@PhyteByte 2 месяца назад

i found the movie poster in my dads storage after he died.. here I am

@babyboy1028 4 года назад

Absolutely relevant for this time!!!! I wish there was a reboot!

@starcrib 4 года назад

Incredible-💥 Genius Performances- Jesus Christ the sketch "THE HAIR PIECE " relentless punch. 🥊🥊An education in power humor .

@TheBEGroup-iz8go 2 года назад

We're so excited to be producing this play in Las Cruces, NM & El Paso, TX! #TheaterClassic

@charlottefitzgerald8351 4 года назад

Thank you for all you post! This is everything!!!!

@901mtn8 3 года назад

BRILLIANCE 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

@doriantaylor5243 2 года назад

This is beautiful. Thank you

@kwekuivanvassall4536 4 года назад

The Mama on the Couch play = meta-SHADE! Im dead lol

@sisdionne369 4 года назад

Thank you

@xavierdallenmusicuniverse6304 3 года назад

God Loretta Devine is a Queen She needs lots of AWARDS 35:03 the bee is bald

@christinew3549 3 года назад

This channel rocks!!!! I always learn something new here

@KeepingItCuteBraidingByLayDeeE 11 месяцев назад

I’ve never seen this until now. The Hairpiece scene is pure gold! 🙌🏽

@zee9731 4 месяца назад

i was caught in a wave of depression and this broke me free

@Ecclesiastes85 4 года назад

4 Thumbs up🙏👑✊💎

@m.l7091 2 года назад

Awesome

@diva4tv 5 месяцев назад

I saw this play in the '80s in Columbia, South Carolina.

@jermainec2462 4 года назад

It's some funny parts in this and yet this shit is deep at the same time ... I don't remember this since I was only 3 when this came out ... But like I say it's deep and has a message in every plot ...

@Williamwestp24 3 года назад

Danitra's brother Courtney looks just like her. She also looks a bit like Loretta Devine. Rest in peace and in power Danitra Vance.

@stylecollective-qt9um 4 года назад

I remember this: by today's standards it certainly feels provocative and politically incorrect., but remains an interesting watch. We seemed to have a lot more leeway to push boundaries in artistic expression in the old days, or at least in a way that didn't focus solely and completely on ones sexual desirbilty and performance. I think the fact that this focuses more on the inner being is part of what makes the experience such an uncomfortable watch at times.

@babymekkah3977 4 года назад

Wow this was intense

@alayothomas6295 4 года назад

This seems so familiar. Now I know where I've seen this before. I love what u post on this channel.

@-Bloomingtales 2 года назад

Tik Tok just sent me here. I have never heard of this movie!

@rmccaindet Год назад

Pure talent

@greggmitchell2392 3 года назад

Writer-director George C. Wolfe himself at :15 sec - imagine the impact The Colored Museum had back in the #80s? (RIP Danitra Vance)

@iwannaseeit1979 8 месяцев назад

The fact that I didn't put together Miss Roj & Walter Lee Beau Willie Jones being the same person for yearsssssssssss🤯🤯🤯 the range! I love this entire ensemble but i can recite "The Hairpiece" almost word for word💯💯💯

@detachedobserver1 2 года назад

THIS! I love the queer story in this masterpiece. I'm glad it was intersectional and Black femme prioritized

@drewhsoop 4 месяца назад

7:55 Cookin' with Aunt Ethel 10:50 The Photo Session 13:10 Soldier with a Secret 20:00 The Gospel According to Miss Roj 33:44 The Hairpiece 40:27 Symbiosis 49:48 The Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play 1:06:09 Permutations 1:13:36 The Party

@davidmcfarlane9185 4 года назад

Interesting 🤔

@romeromanuel5695 8 месяцев назад

The J-J-Juliard line was cut. Was that intentional? :)

@pappagetti 4 года назад

Do you by any chance have Melvin Van Peeble's Don't Play Us Cheap?

@reelblack 4 года назад

Our friends at Xenon own the rights.

@raheemjames1685 4 года назад

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@antoniawright9014 3 года назад

This is so creepy but valid and real 💯

@AdamStromAKAeyecontactgraphics Год назад

Here’s something you won’t see anywhere else except RU-vid. Worth your time if you want to see something unusual, and want to learn something about black history and the black experience in America.

@TeeIsHauteCocoaChanel 4 года назад

Is Darnell Williams the soldier ?

@ChagoWilson 4 года назад

Nope. His name is Kevin Jackson

@myalli1 4 года назад

@Haute Cocoa Chanel Tiara what are you doing?

@RobbyJr68 4 года назад

Deuteronomy 28

@janedowe2682 4 года назад

Yesssssss yesssssss it is. .

@lorealdrayton6164 4 года назад

Yeah... Hollywood definitely knows! Disgusting 👿

@NickyAlonso24 Год назад

1991 was like 2019

@hotcoco2228 4 года назад

I’m lost is this a thing now is this suppose to educate me cause no ma’am

@leongardner710 4 года назад

@bianca prince ...n it shows how we as a ppl dropped the ball...too busy assimilating etc....

@stellabellafontay9366 4 года назад

Free your mind Beauty. The rest will surely follow. 😉

@laja5579 4 года назад

I’m 22 aand I get it trust me all millennials are not this in woke i promise🤦🏽‍♀️

@vnorm2907 4 года назад

I can't believe this. Imagine the out cry from the Ashkenazi Jews if someone made fun of their Holocaust.

@adrienne0122aw 4 года назад

i think its just satire. don't think this was to be disrespectful. just a history lesson

@MegaPOOHPOO 4 года назад

You do know that moment in time never happened, research it cause theirs a reason why it's against the law to question it punishable by 18 months in prison

@vnorm2907 4 года назад

@@MegaPOOHPOO what law??? Not in the United States.

@tom11zz884 4 года назад

If this had a more serious and meaningful tone, it would have been a modern day classic.

@cammiosis 3 года назад

You cannot comprehend how serious this scene is!

@gaddovame2879 Год назад

Miss Roj is a bit too over the top. The actor turns the already vibrant diva into a characature of herself. You have to slip into a true fierce queen like slipping into a Vera Wang dress and Jimmy Choo pumps. You can't force yourself into it like an undercover cop's first time wearing heels. You totally lose the rhythm and line of the poetry.

@markfields2945 Месяц назад

I don't see anything funny about this !

@BengiAndSnuggles 4 года назад

THIS IS NOT FUNNY, BY NO MEANS.

@markstephens4058 4 года назад

This is very educational for all

@cammiosis 3 года назад

It’s ethereally hilarious ..

@quandricorutledge 3 года назад

YOU TOTALLY MISSED THE POINT OF THE WRITER AND THE PLAY. IT'S CALLED IRONY!

@dangeorge5947 2 года назад

i don't get it - or some of comments - after slavery what was we suppose to do ? live life moaning and groaning?

@amygause4721 4 года назад

Huh?

@thephoenix2176 4 года назад

Not GOOD!😒

@quandricorutledge 3 года назад

Just admit you don't understand it. Then use Google to do some research. This is one of the greatest works in the history of Black Black Theater. George C. Wolfe is a genuis!

@Mingo579 4 года назад

yeah? no.

@charlesjeffery1155 4 года назад

This was so dumb

@charlesjeffery1155 3 года назад

@@ddsron17 it just isn't my type of thing, like it just seemed, I don't know, just not my cup of tea I guess as an adult, I'm into more urban drama and action movies that I can relate to, and then other than that, my TV is always either on ID, or Nat Geo wild, like watching lions killing zebras, at the end of the day it's just all about what you like and don't lie, but I never said that it was a dump, I said I thought it was dumb, but that was just my opinion, nothing too serious