Posted on 02/28/2005 2:22:17 AM PST by paulat
p.s. re: Rock's 'Bush bashing'. . .some reason Drudge does not go there? Or does he like to protect the home-town. . .
I watched Cold Case and the Antiques Road show intermittenly... merely checking back during the Cold Case commercials.
His attacks on POTUS were expected, but still made me mad.
The silly grins from the audience only served to anger me more.
These poeple have an exaggerated degree of self importance.
They will mail it to you. . .just hit 'forgot password' button. . . or whatever.
Yes. . .it is a pain; but isn't everything Liberal?
I gotta admit...I LOVE Chris Rock's stand-up routines...
I was SO disappointed at his lack of class last night.
Dont' hardly ever agree with Shale's but I think he nails the problem with the Oscars in the final paragraph.
"There can't really be great Oscar shows, however, without great movies. The fault for this year's dry and dreary fiasco isn't Rock's or the windy speechmakers thanking half the population of North America. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in our motion pictures."
The account name is the one I have forgotten.
I think the password is "hillaryisaliar"
Why would he have? Carson's from Norfolk. They hate Lincoln, NE up there in cattle country.
But whatever. . .Drudge Report is his call. . .but if not there. . .'where'; surely not MSM.
That said. . .I think Rock can be very funny; as to his not showing 'class'. . .(?) How could you be disappointed?!
Works for me!
Actually, you may be able to get an e-mail from them with just that one bit of truth. . .I mean; your password. . ..OTOH. . .
I don't like to watch the news about the oscars. I won't go to movies anymore. Hollywood is not only out of touch, it is obsolete.
I don't think Rock is funny, unless being an obnoxious twit is funny.
If potty mouth was funny,Teresa Heinz would be funny.
Bovine excrement.
I am no fan. . .perhaps I should have been more clear. . .from what little I have seen of him I would offer that Rock 'can be' funny. . .which is to say. . .even an obnoxious twit can be funny; but it is a 'coulda/shoulda. . .woulda'. . .for Rock.
Think his best material escapes him. . .
Does anyone have a transcript of that "Gap/Banana Republic rant on Bush?
I would like to give it to a talkshow host who wants to skewer Rock for his intemperate rant against Bush last night.
Let me get this straight: It was fitting to save the best tribute for an egotistical has-been, but not give the best tribute to one of the greatest presidents in US history who was an equally renowned actor, as well. The fault is not only in the motion pictures, but also the stars. Neither the stars, nor the pictures, are worthy of greatness.
I find Rock's stand up routines boring, and I'm hardly a prude. Too bad Sam Kineson isn't still around. He'd REALLY stir up the Oscars---but, of course, no one could watch because it would be x-rated.
"Robin Williams was scheduled to perform a song ridiculing censorious fringe groups, but according to news reports the song was deemed so inflammatory, and was so heavily edited by ABC censors, that its authors refused to let it be performed. When Williams stepped onstage, he'd affixed a piece of white tape over his mouth to symbolize the censorship."
Chris Rocks Oscars with Iraq War Joke
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/2/27/225616.shtml ^ | Feb. 27, 2005
Posted on 02/28/2005 1:24:03 AM EST by ArmyBratproud
Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 10:53 p.m. EST Chris Rocks Oscars with Iraq War Joke
Comedian Chris Rock may have pushed the envelope a bit too far during his Oscar night opening monologue, invoking U.S. combat deaths in Iraq as part of a routine meant to satirize President Bush's allegedly poor job performance.
Rock began the segment by comparing Bush to a clothing store sales clerk
"Now just imagine you worked at the Gap," he told the audience. "You're $70 trillion behind on your register, and then you start a war with Banana Republic, cause you say they got toxic tank tops over there." Then Rock directly invoked U.S. Iraq war dead.
"You have the war, people are dying - a thousand GAP employees are dead. That's right - bleeding all over the khakis. You finally take over Banana Republic and you find out they never made tank tops in the first place."
If the Tinseltown audience was offended, they certainly did show it. Rock's Iraq war joke was greeted by howls of approval.
But a few minutes later Rock himself seemed to sense he'd gone too far, and he added a few non-satirical comments about U.S. forces:
"I just want to send some love out to all our troops fighting all over the world for freedom right now," the suddenly serious comic said. "That's right, let's give it up for our troops."
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