The Original Kings of Comedy

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$38.3M

February 26 and 27, 2000, the Original Kings of Comedy play Charlotte, NC. The themes are Blacks and Whites, men and women, old-school and hip-hop. Steve Harvey emcees, celebrates '70s music and lyrics of love, and pokes at folks in the front row. D.L. Hughley mines racial differences and talks about his marriage. Cedric the Entertainer riffs on a Black president and on being grown up. Bernie Mac, who says he expresses what's in the back of our minds, closes with reflections on being 42 (new aspects to his sex life and his attitude toward children). Spike Lee's camera takes us backstage and off-stage with the Kings and into the crowd where everyone's laughing.

🏆 3 nominations

Genres

Comedy, Documentary

Director

Spike Lee

Cast

Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer

Released

18 August 2000

Runtime

1h 55m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

6,140

Metascore

73

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Box office

$38,182,790

Budget

$13,000,000

Edition

Base