I’ve never seen a Chris Rock stand up.
Every small clip I would see of him was always Black jokes for white people.
Always seemed like the white crowd was laughing at us and not with us with Chris Rock jokes.
Never understood the hype of him.
I felt the same way about Dave Chappelle until I actually watched the Chappell show
this is one of those instances where social mores and attitudes have changed and now what was funny as fuck 20 years ago is horrible today...Chris Rock has always been more hostile to black people than Bill Cosby ever was (with less known positives to offset the negativity).
He's extremely smart and one of the best comedians of all time IMO. I wouldn't call him a "coon," which is so overused and all-encompassing. He's not Jessie Lee Peterson or Candace Owens. But he does have a strong anti-black streak, at least in some of his material.
this is one of those instances where social mores and attitudes have changed and now what was funny as fuck 20 years ago is horrible today...
Chris Rock's career was MADE EXACTLY ON THOSE STAND-UP BITS and BLACK PEOPLE...WE LAFFED OUR ASSES OFF AT THE TIME...
in fact I'm going to say that ANYONE talking smack about those bits today is fucking LYING...YOU ALL LAFFED AT THAT SHIT AND REPEATED IT THE NEXT DAY....ALL OF YOU...YEAH YOU TOO reading this post right now...If you saw that shit first run....YOU LAFFED.
I have posts about a decade old if not older harshly criticizing that material. The world may be catching up but some people knew that shit was wrong at the time.
You're right that the majority was fine with it and that times have changed. But you overstate your case.
i have always maintained that, that ****** vs niggas joke that Chris did was one of those jokes that while funny, at the same time, created an entry point for cacs to juxtapose their racist views using a black man as the crutch for it. now while a lot of people may say,"well he did speak the truth, aint no sense in faulting the brother for that", to that i say, true, but look at the unintended consequence.
same with the whole use of the N word. when to use it, when not to use it, who's to use it, who's not to use it, what context to use it in, what context not to use it in etc etc
as long as we as a black community cannot reach a general consensus on either issue and put forth a strong statement, one backed with a unified front, cacs will continue to exploit us using these divide and conquer tactics and there is nothing we can do about it. that is how they have always manipulated us anyways.
my two cents, take it or leave it
Chris Rock has always been more hostile to black people than Bill Cosby ever was (with less known positives to offset the negativity).
He's extremely smart and one of the best comedians of all time IMO. I wouldn't call him a "coon," which is so overused and all-encompassing. He's not Jessie Lee Peterson or Candace Owens. But he does have a strong anti-black streak, at least in some of his material.
oh...please post the threads...cuz I've searched two about rock from 2008 and 2009 and you weren't in those and NO ONE in those threads took issue with any bits he had.....not one.
Dave Chappelle or Chris Rock: Who is better Stand Up Comedian??
Chappelle or Rock Who is the better stand up comedian? Both of these comedians have been around for about the same time period 90s-2000s (although Rock started 5 years earlier in the mid 80s) so I think its fair to compare them. WHo do you think has been the better stand up performer...www.bgol.us
don't forget..chris rock also regretting doing the black people vs. niggas joke..
I've thought that was stupid for a long time... When/where did he say he regretted it?
Chris Rock is a coon now?
This is dumb
OP @Mr. Met got any commentary? What are your thoughts on this?
okay...point proved for you.....but you got cats on the board that want to jump on the LETS CALL SOMEBODY A COON TRAIN...when they DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM with that shit when it FIRST happened so many moons ago. All I ask is that people BE CONSISTENT...I didn't participate in either of those discussions. However, I told you directly eleven years ago that I had thought "black people vs. niggas" was stupid "for a long time."
As I said, you overstate your case.
okay...point proved for you.....but you got cats on the board that want to jump on the LETS CALL SOMEBODY A COON TRAIN...when they DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM with that shit when it FIRST happened so many moons ago. All I ask is that people BE CONSISTENT...
If you all like that shit then... then don't give a dissertation on how its oh so bad NOW.
Wait a moment.
So this fool went back in time, to find data that was relevant for 2004 and apply 2020 logic and data to prove that Chris Rock did not know what he was talking about?
Oprah was worth about 1.2 billion in 2004
Oprah is worth about 2.6 billion in 2020
Meaning she's made about 87 million in 16 years, equaling roughly 5.5 million a year.
She's rich, but her money isn't generating at the rate you'd expect for her to have so much money, which is an indicator that she just does not really spend much. Problem, is that if she DID get "spendy" (at this rate) her finances would eventually suffer.
Sidenote: I have NO idea what I'm talking about at the moment. I stayed at a Holiday Inn and had a vegetable plate (so I'm feeling knowledgeable in this topic at the moment). No I'm bout to go change a transmission in somebody car...
#jokes
Fair enoughWhat’s most glaring about this critique of Chris Rock is how Antonio, the man who had no problem linking with goofy Tariq, highlights Rock’s bad use of grammar and limited education to take him down.
As for Chris Rock, he does have a little Cosby in his comedy.