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Does Chris Rock encourage racial divisions and strife?
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I happened to record part of his stand up show Bigger and Blacker the other night. I was struck again with the ugly "message" of the show which included stuff about blacks hating whites and generally stirring up his mainly black audience. It seemed similar to what you'd get from a Louie Farrakhan rally. A lot of shouting nasty and divisive stuff.
He was also very misogynistic - women are only good for one thing, men are only interested in eating sleeping and ****ing - so shut the **** up women - type thing. It's the sort of "culture" which seems to have been on the rise in recent times fueling rape crimes.
The odd thing is the rapture that greets his deeply unpleasant rants. He might say something like, all the women in the audience are dirty ****ing **** and the women will shriek with delight clapping furiously and the men will make that "ooh" "ooh" chant like football fans or Zulu warriors going to war.
And yet I'm not really aware of him having bad "publicity" for all this. And yes what would be said about a white comedian coming out with similar deeply unpleasant and ugly stuff?
He was also very misogynistic - women are only good for one thing, men are only interested in eating sleeping and ****ing - so shut the **** up women - type thing. It's the sort of "culture" which seems to have been on the rise in recent times fueling rape crimes.
The odd thing is the rapture that greets his deeply unpleasant rants. He might say something like, all the women in the audience are dirty ****ing **** and the women will shriek with delight clapping furiously and the men will make that "ooh" "ooh" chant like football fans or Zulu warriors going to war.
And yet I'm not really aware of him having bad "publicity" for all this. And yes what would be said about a white comedian coming out with similar deeply unpleasant and ugly stuff?
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Er, and your point is?
If you're looking for anything sinister in his comedy then you're really looking far too hard and taking it far too seriously.
Yeah, and so true too. " I take care of my kids!" "YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO!"
different culture, mindset.
My image of his act is far more anti-black than anti-white.
He takes the p*** out of those who take themselves incredibly seriously, celebs, world affairs, relationships, etc. He tends to be accurate which I think makes some people uncomfortable.
Rather than stirring up racial hatred he comments on racial issues and makes fun of them.
Similar with his misogynisitc material, from what I've seen he's very good at observing the differences between men and women and issues in relationships etc.
While some people may perceive it as racism and sexism, I think the reason a lot of people find him very funny is that they recognise that what he's saying is extremely accurate. He dares to speak the truth unlike other tamer comedians who prefer to shy away from sensitive topics.
Also, while most of his stuff is aimed at a US audience, I think a lot of it is universal and works just as well for a British audience. We have blacks, whites, men and women in this country too!
I've seen Bigger and Blacker - have you?
He is referring to BLACK women. None of the women I know are like the bitches he talks about.
Great post, I think you are spot on! I would kill to go and see him live.
I loved that! Chris Rock speaks the TRUTH.
No that's Kill the Messenger.
Oh ok. I will have to try and source this Bigger and Blacker thing then.
In an interview at Live Earth in London.
It's good and very funny.
Oh, I don't know,...
...Sounds pretty universal to me!
Yes, i've seen all of his stand up work. Along with most of the films he's starred in, as well as "Everybody Hates Chris" on TV.