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List Price: $29.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 8105
Released: September 28, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 08/05/2008
Description of In Living Color - Season 2:
To label In Living Color "the black SNL" is to not give this groundbreaking sketch comedy its props. Like its late-night counterpart, In Living Color pushed the envelope with sketches that remain in questionable taste ("Fashion Tampons"). It also presented its share of TV show, movie, and commercial parodies. But its racially charged humor that tackled race relations and subverted cultural stereotypes was something 1990 TV viewers were not used to seeing, especially in prime time. Among the most potent sketches featured series creator Keenen Ivory Wayans and brother Damon as the Brothers Brothers, two oblivious Toms who, in one sketch, act as spokespersons for the Arizona Tourism Commission in the wake of that state's controversial decision not to recognize Martin Luther King's birthday. In another, they are allowed to join an exclusive, all-white country club after proclaiming themselves to be followers of "Jesse" (Helms, not Jackson, about whom they profess to have never heard). Flunking all standards of political correctness is Damon's Handi-Man, the world's first handicapped superhero. "James" Carrey's skeletal Fire Marshall Bill and Damon's the Head Detective join the show's stable of breakout characters (Homey D. Clown, Vera De Milo, the flamboyant Men on Film, and homeless man, Anton). Kim Wayans's Grace Jones and Kelly Coffield's Andrea Dice Clay also make welcome returns. Other memorable characters include David Alan Grier's tell-it-too-much-like-it-is blues singer Calhoun Tubbs, and Coffield's Velma Mulholland, a nifty bit of pre-Pleasantville special-effects wizardry in which Damon's blind date turns out to be a quintessential dame right out of a black-and-white 1940s movie.
Episode 26, a "best of" compilation, serves as a representative introduction to the series and season. A bonus "Appreciating In Living Color" segment on disc 4 puts the series in cultural context. Unlike another Fox network sketch-comedy series, Mad TV, In Living Color has been lamentably missing in action on the syndication circuit, so for those who have never been "Colored," and especially for fans of current critics' darling The Chappelle Show, these 26 bracing episodes will be a revelation. Plus, it's fun to watch force of nature Carrey come into his own, and even try out a few moves that would bring him fame and fortune in his own feature films (in episode 18, he mutters the immortal, "All righty then"). --Donald Liebenson
In Living Color - Season 2 Reviews:
awesome 
2009-09-21 - I love these dvds, they are so funny. They are in perfect condition. Can't wait til I have all seasons. I will definitely order again!
In Living Color - Season 2
2009-08-03 - Just as funny as we remembered, but better - no commercials. Great to watch when friends come over.
Editing makes this set un-watchable 
2009-05-18 - I watched this with great anticipation, until I realized they were bleeping out words on the skits. I pawned it. Awful, and they took my money. I wouldn't have spent a nickle on this if I'd known it was cut up so badly. Worthless.
In Living Color Season 2 
2009-03-27 - I have not watched all of it. I laughed at most of what I did watch. They refer to some TV characters of the same time period. Unless you know them, the humor is lost. Our 12 and 14 year olds don't get some of it. Of course, we skip through some skits that may be inappropriate. Overall, we love this series.
Funny Does paly that!
2008-02-13 - This Season is very funny. It pushes the envelope of sterotypes. No one is safe. You gotta laugh out loud. Marlon Wayans does not appear on In Living Color until at least the Fourth Season. On this Season Two DVD a lot of new characters were created. The cast really bring these characters to life. This is a must have. Jim Carey, Damon Wayans, Tom Davidson, just to name a few.
