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" I consider myself a disciple of Norman Lear. And one of the things he did was topic-driven humor. "

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" As wild and raunchy as Richard Pryor was, people related to his honesty because they found something in their life that they understood. "

" And I feel like, as a black man within black culture, I know very well firsthand - as do my parents and my grandparents and great-grandparents - we're used to things not going our way. "

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