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Article: Heard the one about ...? Bill Cosby, seriously.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 9, 2004
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Byline: Deborah Simmons, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Most Americans familiar with Bill Cosby consider him a jokester, a reasonable characterization considering our knowledge base of him springs from his stand-up comedy or his notable sitcom successes. So when Bill Cosby began speaking out ever so seriously recently about America's social pathologies, people didn't know whether to applaud with laughter or bow their heads in middle-class shame.
Disclaimers and explanations flew across the country quicker than you can say Heathcliff Huxtable, with editors and producers handing out the same assignment: Create a controversy where there was none.
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