Name: David Alan Grier - The Continued Relevance of “A Soldier’s Play” | The Daily Show
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This is, uh, one of my favorite moments in life.

you know why-- because I grew up watching you

as one of the funniest group of human beings ever assembled.

-I didn't say that. I said I grew up. -"I was a child."

I said I grew up. Why are you putting words in my mouth?

-I did not say that. -"I was a toddler watching you,

-a middle to late-middle-aged negro." -I didn't say that.

-but thank you. -Just a little. Just a little bit. Editorial.

The 30-year anniversary of In Living Color,

Which, for many people, reshaped the ideas

Some people feel like it was almost, like,

a moment of protest, but do you ever see it like that?

Did you ever see In Living Color as a political statement?

but, uh, you know, the moment we were going through it,

that we as people of color-- black people--

an expression of freedom, which becomes political

-just because of its point of view. -Wow. Right.

But in the moment, we just wanted to get off, man.

We just wanted to finally tell that joke.

You know that joke I always been telling backstage?

And we just threw it out there, man. But it was a ball.

It was a ball. I don't think I ever missed a day of work.

-It felt like it. It genuinely, genuinely felt like it. -Yes.

I mean, like, you are one of the funniest human beings

-I've ever seen onscreen. -Thank you. Thank you.

-What I... what I... -But, wait, you know, Trevor...

No, but what I d-- what I didn't know-- what I didn't know is

I-I genuinely didn't know until a few years ago

-how powerful you were as a dramatic actor as well. -Mm.

I don't think you try to be. I think you succeed in doing that.

And-and, you know, that's what this-this--

A Soldier's Play is-is coming to Broadway,

-Right. -I took over for Larry Riley. I played C.J. Memphis.

Right. This was-- this was the play many people say

actually broke their careers, in many ways.

Yes, man. Yeah. So, I did that for about six months.

uh, and I played Cobb, which was a different role.

he said, "You know, this is the Broadway debut."

And I assumed it had already been on Broadway.

-Mm-hmm. -You know? It-It's the story that takes place--

-'43. -Actually, '44, because it's after--

And-and it's the story, specifically, from-from--

dealing with the dichotomy of fighting for their country

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