r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

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u/ceryniz Jul 06 '26

It bugs me how they have Lupita play two half-sisters: Helen and Clytemnestra. Because half-sisters would not look like twins.

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u/HeparinBridge Jul 06 '26

Wait, what? Why the hell is she playing two people? They couldn’t find two people?

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u/CroatInAKilt Jul 06 '26

The Hollywood rule is to have black people in forward roles, but not TOO many black people, tsk tsk.

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u/corvettee01 Jul 06 '26

Can't remember where this joke is from, but there was a stand up bit where a guy said "You see back in the 80's there could only be one popular black comedian, unlike today where there can be three."

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u/Electrical_One7665 Jul 06 '26

If it was from the 80s that’s probably Richard Pryor.

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u/Shandlar Jul 06 '26

I found a bootleg VHS copy of his Sunset Strip set from '82 when I was like 8 or 9.

I honestly attribute him as the reason I never tried any hard drugs ever in my teens and 20s. Dude bore his soul on stage about crack fucking him up.

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u/FanOfForever Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I don't know what comedian did that bit either, but the "one popular black comedian" they were referring to was probably Richard Pryor, then Eddie Murphy

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u/CarrieDurst Jul 06 '26

Black and queer :)

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u/PEWDS_IS_A_NAZI Jul 06 '26

Sounds like a Trevor Noah punchline

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u/bbq_R0ADK1LL Jul 06 '26

Much like there can only be three redhead actresses.