He moved to Los Angeles in the to pursue film and television acting and was able to secure small parts on various tv shows and movies throughout the early s. The two became friends and in Wayans helped to write and produce the film, Eddie Murphy: Raw , which showed Murphy performing his stand-up comedy routine in front of a live audience. The same year, Wayans helped to write the screenplay for the satirical comedy about the stereotypes around African American performers called the Hollywood Shuffle , which became an instant hit, putting Wayans and the lead actor, Robert Townsend in the spotlight.
Despite its success, Wayans left the show abruptly in due to creative differences and tensions with the network. In Living Color ended its run in He played the revenge-minded, but not particularly macho Jack Spade alongside such icons of s blaxploitation cinema as Jim Brown, Isaac Hayes and Bernie Casey.
The film also featured several members of his family. He also turned the show into a family act as well with Damon, Kim, Marlon and Shawn all appearing on the irreverent series that showcased the deviously scathing social humor Keenen was infamous for.
As host of the show he graciously spotlighted the comedy ensemble more than himself. Jennifer Lopez also got her start as one of the original hip-hop dancing, sexy Fly Girls. Ironically, Keenen would be one of the first of the cast to leave the show over creative issues and contract disputes with the network. He felt Fox was overexposing the show, which would have reduced its monetary value once it turned to syndication.
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Edit page. Clear your history. Duke Johnson, part of an artillery unit who aspired to become a professional boxer. Done in hilariously stereotypical fashion, one great bit had detective Townsend battling a blaxploitation villain named Jerry Curl Wayans. Here he played the revenge-minded, but not particularly macho Jack Spade alongside such icons of blaxploitation cinema as Jim Brown , Isaac Hayes , Bernie Casey and Antonio Fargas , as well as several members of his family.
He also turned the show into a family act as well with Damon, Kim, Marlon and Shawn all part of the wild and woolly ensemble. Opening each episode surrounded by the beautiful dancing "Fly Girls" one of the season's replacements would be Jennifer Lopez , the nattily-dressed Keenen would graciously spotlight his comedy troupe more than himself. The show caught on quick; however, squabbles with the network over creative control, censorship and financial issues led to an incensed Keenen abruptly leaving his show in , after only two seasons.
His exit was quickly followed by his family performers. When it comes to outrageous satire, Keenen has few peers and immediately picked up where he left off as a writer, director and star of in his own film comedy vehicle, the action-filled A Low Down Dirty Shame in which he plays a private detective named Shame who takes on drug lords.
He next supported brothers Shawn and Marlon with a bit role as a mailman in their own popular crime comedy vehicle Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood , then was given the chance to hang opposite action star Steven Seagal in Seagal's producing vehicle The Glimmer Man as two cops out to solve some murders.
With his next film vehicle project, Keenen decided to write but left the directing chores to David Hogan in a dramatic change of pace with Most Wanted He plays a Marine and special operations officer on a top secret mission who gets framed for an attempted assassination. Towards the end of the 's Keenen attempted his own nighttime talk show, described as "late night talk the Wayans way".
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