Geez.. another person in the entertainment industry / Hollywood... race baiter, cop hater to add to the list along with Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Beyonce',Jay Z, Will & Jada Smith & more... GEEZ
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Chris Rock transforms Oscars into biting racial commentary

http://news.yahoo.com/chris-rock-transforms-oscars-biting-racial-commentary-010026355--finance.html/

Reuters By Steve Gorman
18 hours ago

By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room - the furor over the all-white field of performers nominated for Hollywood's highest honors.

In an opening monologue peppered with biting commentary about what he described as "sorority"-style discrimination pervading the film industry, Rock set the stage for a night of running gags that repeatedly returned to themes of racial politics.

In doing so, he transformed a glittering awards show long known for self-reverential pomp into a 3 1/2-hour live ABC telecast punctuated by withering satire riffing on issues of inclusion and diversity raised by the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite social media campaign and the Black Lives Matter movement.

But the issue of race was just one element that made the 88th edition of the Academy Awards likely to go down as one of the most socially conscious shows in Oscar history. Messages ranged from Vice President Joe Biden's special appearance urging a stand against sexual violence on college campuses to best actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio's impassioned appeal to take care of the planet.

The difference in tone was evident from the start. Strolling on stage in a white dinner jacket and bow tie, Rock welcomed the audience to a show "otherwise known as the white People's Choice awards," adding, "You realize if they nominated hosts, I wouldn't even get this job."

From that moment on, it was clear Rock would be pulling no punches, and that his no-holds-barred message could help the film Academy come to grips with its diversity problem.

Wondering with mock bemusement why black people did not protest over a lack of Oscar diversity in the 1950s or '60s like they did this year, he answered his own question, "Because we had real things to protest at the time. We were too busy being raped and lynched then to care about who won best cinematographer."

'FIGHT THE POWER'

Rock did not confine his barbs to Hollywood alone. He drew one of his biggest laughs joking that the Oscars' annual "in-memoriam" montage tribute to deceased film luminaries would instead be devoted to "black people who were shot by the cops on their way to the movies."

It was a motif that stretched beyond Rock's monologue into bits of comedy in between award presentations through the night.

In one pre-taped parody of a scene from "The Martian," the Oscar-nominated sci-fi drama about an astronaut marooned on the Red Planet, Rock was substituted for the stranded star of that film, Matt Damon, as NASA officials argued whether it was worth the expense to try to bring a black astronaut back to Earth.

In another, Rock ventured in a tuxedo to the predominantly black Los Angeles suburb of Compton to ask several African-American movie-goers outside a cinema whether they had seen various films nominated this year for best picture. None had.

However, all said they had seen the critically acclaimed hip-hop drama "Straight Outta Compton," whose failure to earn a place in the best picture contest helped stoke the #OscarsSoWhite uproar.

One of Rock's most pointed comments on the subject was not a joke at all but a straightforward summation of the issue: "We want opportunity. We want the black actors to get the same opportunities as white actors. That's it."

In a more light-hearted comic moment, Rock, 51, invited members of his daughters' Girl Scout troop into the Dolby Theatre at mid-show to sell boxes of cookies to the seated stars. They ended up selling over $65,000 worth of cookies.

Rock was named as host of the 88th Oscars in October, months before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its roster of nominees lacking a single person of color in any of the acting categories for a second straight year.

In the ensuing backlash, he was widely seen as a presciently inspired choice for diffusing tensions looming over the awards following only other turn as Oscar emcee in 2005, when he drew mixed reviews for a performance many saw as too provocative at the time.

Rock capped Sunday's show by declaring "black lives matter" before credits rolled the music of rap group Public Enemy's signature song "Fight the Power."
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 Oscar Host Chris Rock Disrespects Police Officers With Sick “Joke”
 
Chris Rock was hosting last night's Oscars... and if you thought that would go without controversy, you were wrong. He made an unbelievably SICK joke at the expense of police officers that has many people saying he needs to apologize.America's reaction to this has not been good... especially with officers everywhere being murdered.

Topic: 2016: Dead In The Line Of Duty
http://m.mingle2.com/topic/show/469196/


In keeping with the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Chris Rock’s routine during the Oscars included all sorts of race-baiting and insinuations that America is a shockingly racist country where any black person, anywhere, could be killed by police or the Klan at any time.

That was bad enough, but the nadir of the night was when Rock decided to make a joke claiming that cops were racist murderers.

“This year, things are going to be a little different. This year, in the ;In Memoriam’ package, it’s just going to be black people that were shot by the cops on their way to the movies,” Rock said.

A quick Google search couldn’t find any innocent African-American men or women shot on the way to the movies by psychopath cops insistent on enforcing white privilege with guns. However, we did find one interesting fact that Chris Rock didn’t mention at the Oscars.

According to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, the number of police officers killed by firearm has skyrocketed over 1,000 percent in 2016 over the same period in 2015.

Eleven officers have been killed by gunfire this year, compared to only one at this time last year. To make things even more disconcerting, 11 different states have recorded police officer fatalities of some kind while the officer was on duty.

California, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia and Utah have all lost one officer, while Colorado and Maryland have lost two each.

How has President Obama responded to a rash of 11 cops killed by firearm in just two months? With complete silence. How did Chris Rock respond to it? By joking about it.

Twitter responded differently, however.

And those were just two of the remarks. Apparently, America was less than happy about the slander of police officers — men and women who are our neighbors, family members, perhaps even our spouses.

This is why there’s such a huge disconnect between the liberal media and Main Street America — because when the facts don’t fit the narrative, the left just jettisons the facts. Just like Chris Rock did.

H/T The Daily Caller

Tags: #OscarsSoWhite, anti-cop sentiment, chris rock, Oscars, police

http://conservativetribune.com/chris-rock-fact-police/
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Chris who?

Ya know..that funny guy that EVERYONE use to like.

I thinks it's what they put in crack pipes.

What?!?!

A black comedian used race in his act?!?!

WTF!

When did they start doing that?

And it was the Oscars. Not his show. No one came to see him or paid to see him. The Hasbeen should of been graceful he was asked.
Let's face it, he was only asked to appease.

just another Hollywood Loudmouth Snook!

A jar of Ragu as an IV???? That's ridiculous and insulting.....to be more realistic Italians would have an IV of homemade pasta sauce. But even that would be ridiculous....us Italians know sauce would clog the IV line, we would use some homemade red wine.

its been done, as most spoofs have

I'm gonna get you sucka

undercover brotha

house party



don't be a menace to society while drinking your juice in the hood,,and they were hilarious as a SPOOF and not an attempt to actually degrade the culture

he was asked before the controversy, as he hosted awards shows before

and his comedy would be the reason he was known, and asked


I wonder if those upset are the same group who were so publicly upset all the years Chris did jokes about 'ni66as'

oh, that's right,, I didt see ANY of them upset about that

Richard Pryor was actually funny.
Chris Rock? Not so much.

its all personal taste

I was never a chris rock fan but its funny to see people jump ship who thought his 'the problem with ni66a' jokes were so funny

but his cops killing black folks jokes uncomfortable,,,lol

Well.. Money can't buy them class, just as@!
They all received big bucks from someone to create a division. Now, they have accomplished their mission.

money cant buy class,, look at Trump


but, who is the they that was paid for the division and who paid them and who was paying to keep indentured and slaves divided, or natives and pilgrims, or communists and capitalists, or immigrants and 'natural born' citizens, or muslim americans and non muslim americans


could it be that divisiveness has just always been the true foundation of American culture? no need for compensation just a desire to look after the self and maintain the power and wealth,,,,,?

seems the word "trump" comes up a lot in your posts... not fixated, are we?...

umm, look at snoop dogs and Dave Chappells humor, the wayan brothers, all spoof based humor...




fear of a black hat, ...my favorite spoof ever...

Chris Who?

Ya know..that funny guy that EVERYONE use to like

no, If I was fixated I would start dozens of threads about him


I only comment in others threads

and use a known reference for those who have revealed their fixation