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Chris Rock on Joining Fargo and Avoiding ‘the Eddie Murphy Handbook’ for Black Comics

Plus, creator Noah Hawley talks expanding the FX series' audience on Hulu

chris rock fargo — Chris Rock plays the head of a Black crime family in Fargo Season 4, which is set in 1950 Kansas City.Elizabeth Morris/FX

September 24, 2020

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For Chris Rock, who has spent his career trying to avoid what he calls “the Eddie Murphy handbook” that Hollywood has for breakout Black comedians, Fargo was the perfect opportunity.

Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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