PASADENA WEEKLY: 'Pasadena resident Dwayne Colbert’s sketch comedy show ‘Shade’ takes a bitingly satirical look at race relations'
February 09, 2020
Pasadena resident Dwayne Colbert’s sketch comedy show ‘Shade’ takes a bitingly satirical look at race relations
The state of race relations in America is hardly a laughing matter under normal circumstances, with bitter divisiveness manifesting everywhere from the ugly white supremacist rallies of Charlottesville, Virginia to the contentious exchanges between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the recent Democratic debate. Nonetheless, Pasadena-based writer-actor Dwayne Colbert decided to take a stab at a satirical sketch show on the topic called “Shade,” and the hard work has paid off with critical acclaim and two extensive runs so far this year, including the current one at 10 p.m. Saturdays at the Second City theater in Hollywood.
The daringly hilarious show features a large and ethnically diverse cast of 12, with strong representation of all four major American ethnicities: Caucasian, African-American, Asian-American and Latino. Building off the intriguing qu
