- she was funny and she was real, and i really related to her characters. the little girl who put the shirt on her head so she could have long hair, that was me. - then she said, even if you sit in a vat of clorox til hell freeze over, you ain t gonna be nothin but black. and she was right cause i sat in the clorox and i got burned. (audience laughing) - although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - the queens of comedy was mo nique, sommore, miss laura and adele givens. and these were ladies, who on their own, were powerhouses. - (beep) these skinny bitches! look at her shakin . bitch, cause you hungry! (audience laughing) - but to put all that power together, it exploded. - oh no, not tonight, mother. (audience laughing) - i think it was just like girl power unleashed. they got together and they showed us
- then she said, even if you sit in a vat of clorox til hell freeze over, you ain t gonna be nothin but black. and she was right cause i sat in the clorox and i got burned. (audience laughing) - although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - the queens of comedy was mo nique, sommore, miss laura and adele givens. and these were ladies, who on their own, were powerhouses. - (beep) these skinny bitches! look at her shakin . bitch, cause you hungry! (audience laughing) - but to put all that power together, it exploded. - oh no, not tonight, mother. (audience laughing) - i think it was just like girl power unleashed. they got together and they showed us women can do it too. - god bless you. keep supporting us. (audience cheering) people don t know that i wasn t one of the original queens of comedy. they had taken
- although it was really successful, she was the only black female that had a special for a really long time to come. - 2001 was the very important time in black standup because you cannot ignore the sisters in comedy. - the queens of comedy was mo nique, sommore, miss laura and adele givens. and these were ladies, who on their own, were powerhouses. - (beep) these skinny bitches! look at her shakin . bitch, cause you hungry! (audience laughing) - but to put all that power together, it exploded. - oh no, not tonight, mother. (audience laughing) - i think it was just like girl power unleashed. they got together and they showed us women can do it too. - god bless you. keep supporting us. (audience cheering) people don t know that i wasn t one of the original queens of comedy. they had taken it out a couple times, and then i got the call. we were, and still are, the highest grossing female comedy tour in history. - now you can t talk about black female comedians and not talk about wand
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