Keenen Ivory Wayans
American actor
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African American history
- In African Americans: Television and film
Keenen Ivory Wayans, star of the long-running satirical sketch comedy show In Living Color, won an Emmy Award for his work in 1990. The Bernie Mac Show, a sitcom starring comedian Bernie Mac, won a Peabody Award in 2001.
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“In Living Color”
- In In Living Color
…writer, producer, actor, and director Keenen Ivory Wayans, the series gave voice to the African American experience in a way that was absent in other sketch comedy shows. The show addressed race relations, cultural stereotypes, politics, and pop culture from an African American point of view and featured a predominantly…
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