NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN
In 1971, Fair Housing advocates considered San Leandro one of the most racist suburbs in America. CBS aired a special in the situation. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights conducted hearings. The next year, eight-year-old Copeland and his African-American family moved in. In an evening of laughter, tears and sociology, “Not a Genuine Black Man” is a hilarious and insightful look at Bay Area history, and at the ways in which our upbringings make us who we are.
“Not a Genuine Black Man” broke records as the longest-running solo show in San Francisco history and brought Copeland critical acclaim as one of the city’s most talented and engaging solo performers.
THE GREAT AMERICAN SH*T SHOW
In what critics have called a therapy session for progressives quietly going mad, Brian Copeland takes on Trumps America, MAGA friendships, when America was last great, #MeToo, political exhaustion, and the emotional toll of living in nonstop chaos.