Black Comedy (2014)
Synopsis
A sketch comedy show by Blackfellas... for everyone! Featuring a fantastic ensemble cast of Indigenous writers and performers and includes many special guest cameo appearances. Meet some of the lively characters including, the Tiddas - two of the most competitive, over the top gay Blackfellas; Mavis the mean-mouthed cleaning woman; the Housewives of Narromine and Deadly Dave who can fix anything. Black Comedy is irreverent, politically incorrect and goes where no other series can go.
Network
ABC TV
Episodes
Episodes
Episode 1
Meet some of the lively characters including the Tiddas - two of the most competitive, over the top gay Blackfellas; Mavis the mean-mouthed cleaning woman; the Housewives of Narromine and Deadly Dave who can fix anything.
Episode 2
Lillian the 'Cos I'm Black' woman bumps into a young man who foolishly says sorry. The Tiddas have a shop-off and we meet Jerome, an Indigenous child with no sporting ability.
Episode 3
Meet Tiffany, a white woman with an Indigenous boyfriend. Her attempts to identify with her partner by 'acting black' get out of hand. There's a 70s Indigenous 'blaxploitation' film, and the Tiddas try to out-eat each other.
Episode 4
We meet the Aboriginal Liberation Front, a group of radical white kids freeing their Indigenous brothers and sisters from the shackles of oppression.
Episode 5
There's Starblaks, the Adlays, and we meet Tatiana, the Cultural Excuse Girl a woman who will use 'culture' to get whatever she wants - be it in the boardroom or the bedroom.
Episode 6
The Tiddas learn about acting and love, we pull up a seat at the Last Supper, Lillian the Cos I'm Black Woman has a run-in with a blind man, we shine a light on the love story of a Blackfella and his poker machine.
Cast
Trailer
Details
Original Title
Black Comedy
Status
Ended
Seasons
4
Episodes
24
Production
Scarlett Pictures
