Black-ish’s Deon Cole shares the poignant story behind the name of his new comedy special

Everyone who saw blackish It can attest to the fact that Deon Cole is absolutely hilarious. Not only is his character Charlie a fan-favorite role that has garnered him multiple NAACP and SAG Award nominations for Comedian, but Cole has also garnered a large following performing stand-up comedy over the past two decades or so. While Charlie and his real-life counterpart are notoriously silly, Cole’s latest special, Charlene boy It has a more emotional background, and includes a memory of his late mother’s death.

I recently caught up with the comic to discuss a new Netflix special when he opened up to me:

In 2021, my mom passed away. I’m an only child and when she died, you know, that completely changed my outlook on life… And that was a year later, when the anniversary of her death was approaching and Netflix wanted me to shoot this special in September, the only date they had was September 10th, the day my mom died. . So I’m like “I don’t do that,” and I broke down…but then days later, something happened that was like, don’t be sad on this day, celebrate it…the more you talk about it, the more you live on. The special was called Cole Facts… Instead of being, like, the blacksmith that day, I shot the special that day and called it Charleen’s Boy, because people would say the title but they would also say who I was. Which am I, I’m her son, Charlene’s boy. And I thought that would be a good way to honor her.

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