Posted on 12/02/2014 11:18:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Chris Rock is a comedian who has built his career on addressing controversial topics in his material, which is why he will never perform at a college ever again.
Speaking to New York Magazine, Rock gave his thoughts on Bill Maher's appointment as the winter commencement speaker at UC - Berkeley and the student body's immediate protest. Rock said college's are just too conservative for his jokes to be effective.
"Not in their political views - not like they're voting Republican - but in their social views and their willingness not to offend anybody," Rock told the magazine. "Kids raised on a culture of 'We're not going to keep score in the game because we don't want anybody to lose.' Or just ignoring race to a fault. You can't say 'the black kid over there.' No, it's 'the guy with the red shoes.' You can't even be offensive on your way to being inoffensive."
Maher's appointment was answered with a student-led protest because of jokes he told about the Muslim religion. He responded on his show by echoing similar sentiments to what Rock gave in his interview.
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You must be easily amused as I find his stuff conspicuously unfunny.
Both Bill Maher and Chris Rock have still a long ways to go before they learn how to connect the dots.
“if you can’t offend people, then you really can’t be funny.”
I think all humour boils down to absurd people or absurd situations. In the context of people, you are right.
In their day and in their country, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, and Konstantin Chernenko were considered 'conservative'.
Just sayin' ...
Normal people hate you, Chris Rock, go crawl back under your rock and change your diapers.
Too conservative?! What he really meant was too progressive.
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