Barefoot by Kevin Hart

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-80
Author(s):  
Benjamin Myers
Keyword(s):  
Kevin Hart

“Sketching The Horizon”: An Interview with Kevin Hart

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Hart ◽  
Lee Spinks
Keyword(s):  
Kevin Hart

scholarly journals THE HUMOR IN BEING BLACK: D.L.HUGHLEY, KEVIN HART AND STAND-UP COMEDY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isha Bihari ◽  
Joe Varghese Yeldho
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
Kevin Hart

Comedy scripts the monotony of life in a language that humors all and mirrors the disruptive social reality of private life. Stand-up comedy, today, is a billion-dollar entertainment industry and the comedians, pop-culture icons. The paper evaluates the performances of two celebrity stand-up comedians, D.L Hughley and Kevin Hart through their respective Netflix specials. Their content is drawn from the lived experience of growing up black in America, yet differs in comic style. While D.L Hughley traverses the highs and lows of African-American lives in the States, presenting a satirical take on social issues; Kevin Hart paints a self-deprecating portrait of his personal life, he is animated, free-spirited and exaggerates anecdotal familial episodes to humor the audience. Their performance reveals the meaning of comedy in black lives and its importance as a public-communication tool beyond entertainment.

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