Posted on 01/18/2016 4:46:35 PM PST by Hojczyk
upcoming Academy Awards telecast may be caught between Chris Rock and a hard place.
The comic actor is facing pressure to bow out as host of the 88th annual Oscars — with less than six weeks to go before the Feb. 28 telecast — over the mounting calls for boycotting the awards in response to the lack of diversity among the Oscar nominees.
On Monday’s holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., both Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith announced they would not be attending the Academy Awards to protest a second straight year without a black actor receiving a single nomination.
I don't think Chris would bail — if anything, this gives him the world's biggest platform and an excellent area for jokes that only he can do,†Dave Boone, who wrote nine Oscar telecasts and was the head writer for the 2015 edition, told the Daily News.
“Years ago when Whoopi was hosting, (scandal-scarred director Eli) Kazan was getting the lifetime achievement award. I gave her a line, ‘I though the blacklist was me and Hattie McDaniel.’ At the time, it was a joke that only Whoopi could do.â€
I think that we are right on the cusp of that.
Here’s a better idea: Buy everyone of the contraband a one way ticket to Liberia and end the problem once and for all.
GTFO. So Goddamned sick of them all.
I don’t even hear the “racist” anymore. I don’t care.....not interested....not involved. Chris Rock will take the money.
Like the commercial, "I can't wait to stick it to 'The Man.'"
"But sir, you are 'The Man', so you'd be sticking it to yourself."
Have you seen his UTube on how to avoid being beaten by the cops? I think it’s one of the funniest and also pretty accurate.
That last tv show of hers was a complete waste.
Liberia is too good for the likes of Snoop Dogg.
Somalia, perhaps. I wonder how the gang bangers would measure up against hardened Muslim pirates.
Sounds good. Just get them all TFO.
“Somalia, perhaps. I wonder how the gang bangers would measure up against hardened Muslim pirates.”
Probably not well. Evil only feeds on COWARDS.
The #1 problem in the free world today is COWARDICE.
Just as an example, PC only succeeds because of it.
VERY INSIGHTFUL
Chris Rock 1996
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3PJF0YE-x4
Maybe Chris should have dropped out...the audience is a little slow in responding to some of his comedy. Seems they are not sure anything is laughable....no applause for Obama name mention!
I watched a little. Not much comedy. Basically just insulting white people for doing the work better than black people. I walked away.
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