Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Brief History of (Semi-) Autobiographical Television Shows

Posted by on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM

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#7. Everybody Hates Chris
Chris Rock is a Bedford-Stuyvesant boy, having spent his formative teenage years there in the late 1970s, early 1980s. Nearly 20 years after his first stand-up performance, which jumpstarted his career and led to, let’s say, more expensive residences, he created a show about what it was like to be a black teen in the neighborhood. It was a great mix of honesty and humor, and ran for four seasons.

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