Chris Rock Wants to Be Your Black Friend

Comedian lands film that could—or could not—be an insightful look at race relations

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 7, 2009 11:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – Now’s your chance to make Chris Rock your black friend: the comedian will star in Will You Be My Black Friend? The film's based on the GQ article of the same name, chronicling author Devin Friedman’s attempt to diversify his circle of white buddies.

Combine Friedman’s “acerbic wit and Rock’s comedic timing,” and you could end up with “a comedy with a razor-sharp political-cultural edge,” writes Emily Riemer in Paste. Then again, it’s being produced by Oprah’s Harpo Films, which is “known for melodramas”—so let’s hope for the best.

Actor Chris Rock attends a Cinema Society screening of "Good Hair" in New York, on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)

Chris Rock is interviewed during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

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cochiserocks

Oct 11, 2009 1:28 AM CDT

I think most of the people on the show won't have a problem - I reckon a couple of million dollars attached to a famous face go a long way in increasing the number of folks happy to be your biatch for free cocktails and the occasional spin off!

riffran

Oct 8, 2009 4:16 AM CDT

*CHARLIE MURPHY...BROTHER DARKNESS*...Chappelle would be cooler to hang with....I loved his version of PRINCE....skins nothing..... win BLOUSES

Assassin

Oct 7, 2009 7:28 AM CDT

I'm Rick James - Bitch! Chappelle iz D man.

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