On This Day In Comedy… In 1987 ‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Was Released!
On this day in comedy on March 20, 1987, Hollywood Shuffle was released by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Produced, directed, and co-written by Robert Townsend, this film is a satirical attack on Hollywood’s systematic stereotyping of blacks in the media. Townsend financed the indie with his own credit cards and used the storyline of […]
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