'THE W. KAMAU BELL CURVE' Opens 1/8/09

"THE W. KAMAU BELL CURVE: Ending Racism in About An Hour"
One part diatribe, one part manifesto, and several parts funny.

Just like skinny jeans, superhero movies, and high fat ice cream, racism continues to make a comeback. In 2007, "The W. Kamau Bell Curve: Ending Racism" in About An Hour" opened big and came out swinging. Back in 2007, it was celebrity racism that was all the
rage. (Imus, Kramer, Dog The Bounty Hunter, etc...) But since then things have changed. They have managed to get better... AND WORSE. This is a historic moment in time. We are about to inaugurate America's first black president. Racism, in response, has redoubled --- no re-quadrupled --- its efforts.

(See the movie, Tropic Thunder, Forbes Magazine's Best Places to Raise a Family, the media blaming black people for the passage of Prop 8, and most of the comments on Kamau's YouTube page). Well, W. Kamau Bell is here to make (non)sense of all of it. And because racism is always attacking in new ways and from new angles, Kamau attacks back by adding new material at every
performance.

"By making no subject off limits, keeping no discrimination too taboo, and leaving no room for self-denial, Kamau's Bell Curve is not only a powerful comedic performance but an outlet for a necessary dialogue."
-- Flavorpill.com

"W. Kamau Bell plays against type and comes with not only the insights you wish you had spewed first but also the wit."
-- SF Bay Guardian

"Smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho, Bell's pissed off about recent celebrity racism... Bell manages to make jokes out of the whole situation, while remaining completely furious."
-- SF Weekly

ABOUT KAMAU
W. Kamau Bell was recently honored by the San Francisco Weekly as the 2008 Bay Area Comedian of the Year. His television appearances include Comics Unleashed and Comedy Central. In 2005 he was chosen to appear at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and was the only comedian invited to perform on both The New Faces Show and The Best of The Uptown Comics Show. As a writer he was featured in the book "What Would Bill Hicks Say?" Kamau can be heard on radio station Live 105 and online at Roof Top Comedy as half of the rant and rave team, "Siskel and Negro". He has been profiled in The San Francisco Chronicle on three different occasions, including not ironically during Black History Month. The SF Weekly called him, "smart, stylish, and very much in the mold of politically outspoken comedians like Dave Chappelle and Margaret Cho", although he was more excited that they called him "handsome". Kamau is also the co-founder of the Solo Performance Workshop and is the director of Enzo Lombard's "Love, Humiliation, & Karaoke," currently running at Stage Werx.

WHAT
"The W. Kamau Bell Curve"
Written and Performed by W. Kamau Bell
Directed by Martha Rynberg
Produced by Bruce Pachtman, Lisa-Marie Rollins, and Ilya Tovbis

WHERE/WHEN
Jan 8th - Feb 28
Thurs - Sat at 8:00
SF Playhouse Studio Theater
533 Sutter Street

TICKETS/INFORMATION
www.wkamaubell.com
General Admission: $25
Bring a friend of a different race, get in 2for1
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR (this is not hyperbole)