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swat team   rifle   reference to o.j. simpson   police   penis   shooting   victim   shot in the head   1960 olympics   african american history   african american studies   backstage magazine   chicken costume   chicken thief   cocoa butter   conference call   crack pipe   dancing on top of conference table   dixie   emmy award   fictional variety show   illegitimate child   lip enlargement   mau mau   minstrel show   north american aerospace defense command   oreo cookie   public access television   reference to aunt jemima   reference to bert williams   reference to bill clinton   reference to desmond piper   reference to eddie murphy   reference to james baldwin   reference to jimmie 'j.j.' walker   reference to johnnie cochran   reference to joseph   reference to little black sambo   reference to mantan moreland   reference to martin luther king jr.   reference to matt dillon the actor   reference to matthew modine   reference to pigmeat martin   reference to quentin tarantino   reference to rastus   reference to sleep 'n' eat   reference to spike lee   reference to ten little niggers   reference to the virgin mary   reference to topsy   reference to uncle tom   reference to wesley snipes   reference to whoopi goldberg   reference to will smith   self hatred   stealing a chicken   stupidity   superficiality   television industry   the white house   tv ratings   tv writer   united paramount network   hallucination   watermelon   times square manhattan new york city   unemployment   watching tv   tv studio   television   neo noir   police detective