Rock’s a Black Friend

Racial comedy is always a little risky, but when it’s Chris Rock it sure is funny as heck. With Oprah producing though…

Lionsgate and Winfrey’s Harpo Films shingle are developing a comedy based on a Devin Friedman article published in GQ a little while ago where the reporter tried to see if a middle-aged white guy could make friends outside his social and racial circle – by posting an ad on Craiglist. That last part is worth a comedy all on its own.

WILL YOU BE MY BLACK FRIEND already has Chris Rock on board, with no lead yet announced to play Friedman himself. He looks a little bit like a dark-haired (and slightly older) Ryan Gossling, and I’d love to see that guy flex his comedic muscles. How ’bout it?