Key & Peele’s Confronting, Politically Charged New Sketch On Racism And Police Brutality Is A Must-See
'Negrotown' might be their most important work yet.
The ongoing protests in Baltimore over black deaths in police custody have inspired some pretty dreadful FOX News moments, a stirring impromptu address from President Barack Obama and yet another impetus to examine the fraught relations between police and people of colour. Against this backdrop, comedy duo Key & Peele have weighed in with a confronting and brutally honest new sketch, ‘Negrotown’, highlighting the vast gulf between a society without institutionalised racism and the one we live in now. Stick around for the ending, in particular — it packs a hell of a punchline.