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It's not a choice. (audience cheering) - wanda gets on stage completely unapologetic. "i am a black woman who is a lesbian." - and if you believe that it's a choice, then you're saying that straight people are straight because they chose not to be gay. right? (audience clapping) and i'm sure a lot of straight guys in here, you know, i'm talking about 'em. sure there's, on several occasions, you know, you probably think, "you know, i think i'm gonna suck a (beep) today." (audience laughing) - she's like, "this is me, accept it." and we have and we love it. - so to go from a point where moms mab...

When you go into training, what do you give up? (audience laughing) - flip wilson was really huge. who didn't know geraldine? say, geraldine, "is it true that blondes have more fun?" - not in my neighborhood. (audience laughing) - and flip played the character so well that you thought geraldine really existed. - when that character came out, baby, the audience just went up. so before there was nutty professor, before there was shanaynay, there was geraldine, baby. - and one of flip's writers was a young richard pryor. and when he found his voice, he became the new king of comedy. (richard laug...

The highest grossing female comedy tour in history. - now you can't talk about black female comedians and not talk about wanda sykes. - being gay is not a choice. it's not a choice. (audience cheering) - wanda gets on stage completely unapologetic. "i am a black woman who is a lesbian." - and if you believe that it's a choice, then you're saying that straight people are straight because they chose not to be gay. right? (audience clapping) and i'm sure a lot of straight guys in here, you know, i'm talking about 'em. sure there's, on several occasions, you know, you probably think, "you know, i ...

About the great people that came before us when signing these huge deals because there were a lot of people who gave their all to the craft and died with nothing financially to show for it. - looking back on everything that you've done, if you could change anything, what would it be? - write in my underwear. (interviewer laughing) - it's a great time to be a black comedian right now, because when you think about our past and where we've come from. (audience clapping) the moms mabley, dick, gregory, redd foxx, they weren't getting the opportunities as black artists they're getting today. - give...

Look at the ratings. that's 60 million people. it's absurd that he would die broke. - he died with nothing. you know, eddie murphy paid the funeral costs. - i think it's important that we don't forget about the great people that came before us when signing these huge deals because there were a lot of people who gave their all to the craft and died with nothing financially to show for it. - looking back on everything that you've done, if you could change anything, what would it be? - write in my underwear. (interviewer laughing) - it's a great time to be a black comedian right now, because when...