The title to the special is perfect for him because he always addressed the elephant in the room that no one would want to acknowledge he would break the ice.
Elephant in the room patrice o neal.
With his unforgiving look at the world o neal digs into messy topics and leaves no one unscathed.
Elephant in the room patrice o neal takes on forbidden subjects like no one else can.
He grew up in boston and developed an interest in stand.
Comedy central aired o neal s special elephant in the room on november 30 in the wake of his death.
It is the comedian s only hour length special and his first to be released on dvd or cd.
The dvd was released by comedy central on february 22 2011.
Patrice was always great at walking into a room and sizing people up quickly not to mention zeroing in on insecurities and calling attention to something everyone s avoiding addressing.
He ponders sexual harassment how long people search for missing white women and the stereotypes black men endure when it comes to animal cruelty.
Patrice malcolm o neal was an american stand up comedian actor and radio host.
It premiered on february 19 2011.
He later commented on twitter that o neal had been his favorite living comedian.
Dedicated his comedy special live at the beacon theater to o neal s memory.
From the dvd extras.
Patrice o neal elephant in the room clip 2011.