Key and peele who is blacker

Keegan-Michael Key has taken a step back from the writers' room with the Netflix show Friends From College , where he stars as Ethan, a something Harvard alumnus whose life in New York City is inextricably linked to his college friends'. Maybe the show could have utilized his writing skills, though - despite the all star cast, the show performed poorly and was canceled before its third season.

Jordan Peele has become a sensation in the horror film world, having written and directed the seminal horror flicks Get Out and Us, and he also produced the Spike Lee black comedy BlackKklansman.

Key was in the audience when he received his first Oscar, and watched tearfully as his friend took home the honor. He later tweeted "Congrats to my partner in laughs JordanPeele on his first Oscar. Keegan-Michael Key has one of those enviable careers where he's really gotten to call the shots and do all of the things he's interested in. Besides sketch comedy and acting on Broadway, he's also hosting the National Geographic Channel's reboot of Brain Games , a show where celebrities compete in short form games and experiments.

Behind-the-scenes footage shows they are up to their old antics together and are just as funny voicing characters as they are live onscreen. In his nominating piece for Time 's Most Influential People feature, Judd Apatow praises the duo not only for their killer comedy chops but for the genuine respect and affection they have for each other. He explains that their love for one another is apparent whenever they work together and that witnessing their process is "something very special.

A post shared by Key And Peele keyandpeelevideos. It is intertwined with our basic fears. Only in this point of time, as the world gets smaller and smaller and we achieve a greater sense of what it means to be human in this world, can we find the humor in it.

But why should the subject of that humor only reside in black culture? Taking negative stereotypes that have existed for years and regurgitating them in some "universal" packaging that is little more than spoon-fed coonery is neither funny nor courageous; least of all is it achieving a "greater sense" of anything.

When did black comedians ever have to strive for "universal" appeal? Or package jokes differently in order pander to a particular racial group? Usually when comics seek a "universal" audience they just clean up their acts and use less profanity. They sterilize their comedy and take it down a notch from an R-rating to PG. Eddie Murphy in Dr. Doolittle or The Nutty Professor is a perfect example. Blacks will have little use for Key and Peele's brand of comedy.

It's not that we don't get the jokes; it's more so we're tired of being the butt of them. This post was originally featured at Loop News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. What starts out as flattering compliments "they are way better at pleasing white women," quickly turns offensive Black Ice , a sketch that plays with how the phrase "black ice" sounds like "black guys," has Peele as a weather reporter attempting to avoid saying the phrase.

His white colleagues, however, won't stop saying things like, "A perfectly safe neighborhood can suddenly be terrorized by the appearance of black ice. He's the juxtaposition: A kitten with a do-rag. You're now examining a part of the African American culture you may not have been as familiar with.

It lends itself to the notion that the African American experience is not a monolith. You can be tough and be African American and not necessarily be a rapper, or a gangster, or anything.

Does it mean that we can't be masculine unless we are those things? I have to be a boxer, or a drug dealer, or a rapper, or my experience isn't legitimate? Peele expands on this idea.