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David Alan Grier is debuting his satirical and absurdist take on the news with "Chocolate News" on Comedy Central. The show opens Wednesday October 15 at 10:30 pm.
Grier's deadpan snark is center stage on his latest effort, a completely biased comedy to blow the lid off the urban experience in modern-day America.
Grier's “Chocolate News” is described as a hilarious take on pop culture events that makes no apologies for its biased approach with outrageous, character-driven sketches. An alum of "In Living Color," Grier has a solid acting CV; trained in Shakespeare at Yale, Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in “The First.”
Grier's chops extend to theater too; the Tony Award-nominee is the creator, executive producer and host of "Chocolate News."
Grier’s network television credits include “Life With Bonnie" opposite Bonnie Hunt, "DAG" as the title character, "In Living Color," "Damon," opposite Damon Wayans and in the miniseries "The 60's" and "King of Texas" for cable television. Grier has many feature film roles under his belt, including "BADASSS!", “The Woodsman" opposite Kevin Bacon and Mos Def, "15 Minutes," "Boomerang," "Bewitched," "Jumanji" and Robert Altman's "Streamers."
An encore presentation of the debut episode of “Chocolate News” will air October 15 at 11:00 p.m. The ten-episode series will regularly air on Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. (all times ET/PT)
From Comedy Central:
"Chocolate News" will take on a variety of contemporary topics from a decidedly African-American perspective and everyone and everything is fair game. The series stars David Alan Grier who, in addition to serving as the acerbic, all-knowing, in-studio host, will also portray multiple characters within the series' investigative reports, which will be presented by a cast of three correspondents.
The debut episode features a story on platinum-selling rap artist Phat Man (portrayed by Grier) with a hilarious, politically incorrect music video PSA promoting the “No Child Left Behind” act. The episode includes the recurring segment, "Can I Flow?" in which Grier presents a topical comedic editorial/rant. This episode’s “Can I Flow” focuses on the death of Hip Hop and Rap as Grier argues, “we should have seen the signs when Ice Cube went from “Kill at Will” to “Are We There Yet?” Also featured is a report on Poet Laureate Maya Angelou (played by Grier) reciting a poem she has composed to celebrate Obama’s nomination. The poem begins innocently enough and then takes a decidedly “Chocolate News” twist with lines such as, “You have a mocha choke hold on the American Dream...“
Other surprising and revealing reports scheduled to be presented by Grier this season include: unmasking the shocking news that the super group KISS was originally black; “Fat Black Momma Syndrome,” an investigation into the recent trend in Hollywood films of excessive “fat black mama” characters; “Vitahood,” a report on Thelonias, founder of the “Jackie Robinson Empowerment Agency” who has devised a way to get drug addicts healthy by mixing vitamins in their illegal drugs; and “Tranny Wreck,” a report on Candelabra, a cross-dressing transsexual who was once an aspiring NBA player but now spends his time competing in transgender beauty pageants.
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