In Living Color

Short description

In Living Color was a comedy sketch show in the early 90’s. The shows were fresh, sometimes frantic and always whacked-out humor that sizzled with wit wisdom and a sometimes serious comedic slap in the face! In it's first three seasons, it was unbeatable, featuring comics and actors who would go on to distinguish themselves in film and other TV (James ‘Jim’ Carrey, Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Jennifer Lopez,…).

Cast

T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh...........as.............Various Roles
Deidre Lang...........as.............Various Roles
Keenen Ivory Wayans...........as.............Various Roles
Damon Wayans...........as.............Various Roles
David Alan Grier...........as.............Various Roles
Jim Carrey...........as.............Various Roles
Tommy Davidson...........as.............Various Roles
Kim Wayans...........as.............Various Roles
Shawn Wayans...........as.............Various Roles
Kelly Coffield Park...........as.............Various Roles

Review

In Living Color was the brainchild of Keenen Ivory Wayans, the eldest acting sibling of a large and extremely talented family whose guidance toward his brothers and sisters would help shape his creation into something truly memorable, the likes of which had never been seen prior on US television. … More In 1989, Keenen set about making a pilot episode for something he knew was going to be different. It wasn't just going to be a show performed by black people for black people but was to be a multi-ethnic series. Using this as his basis he recruited two white actors who were fairly unknown at the time - James Carrey (now known as Jim) and Kelly Coffield. In addition, the show introduced more upcoming talent, in the form of Tommy Davidson, Kim Coles, David Alan Grier, T'keyah "Crystal" Keymah and finally his siblings Kim Wayans and Damon Wayans. The cast was formed and the pilot was filmed. In Spring 1990 In Living Color premiered on prime-time television and became a smash sensation overnight. It's easy to consider In Living Color as being a groundbreaking show, so truthful in that its approach to many issues attributed to its huge success in America, thanks in part to the cast's delivery. Keenen Ivory Wayans has always been passionate about dealing with current world issues, states of affairs and how every man or woman is treated in the world today, no matter the colour of their skin. It wasn't until it first aired that people got a taste of what Keenen and his crew were trying to achieve. By being let loose to run wild and bring their separate talents to the screen, improvising and bringing fresh, new lovable characters along the way they would help to get the message across to a wide audience in a no-holds barred satire that defied the set conventions of most TV shows being produced.

Other information

Genres :

Comedy

Year of release :

1990

Language :

English

Country :

USA

Seasons :

5

Status :

completed

Duration :

30 minutes

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