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Chris Rock Clarifies Oscars' Comment
Tue Feb 22, 9:05 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - Chris Rock wants to clarify what he meant when he said straight men don't watch the Oscars (news - web sites). "I did not say that. I said only gay people watch the Tonys," he joked Monday during an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."
But later he stuck to his guns. "I really don't know any straight men who aren't in show business that have ever watched the Oscars," he said.
The Emmy-winning comedian has taken some heat for an Entertainment Weekly interview in which he called the notion of giving awards for art "idiotic" and added: "what straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars?"
But he offered Leno some toned-down criticism of Oscar hype.
"The awards don't really affect anybody's lives in the crowd," Rock said. "Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize, there's no one there. Nobody cares what the scientists are wearing. What are you wearing Professor Allen? 'Pants!'"
Rock, asked if he was rooting for anyone to win, said he would favor Don Cheadle, who is up for best actor for his role in "Hotel Rwanda."
"I like it if the award will affect the person's life," Rock said. "If he wins, he's gonna get better scripts, he's gonna work with better directors."
And he had some advice for acceptance speeches.
"Don't thank God," Rock said. "God's busy working on the tsunami, so leave him alone."
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firstly, i find the Tony awards comment really fucking funny, and it also irritates me when we get *too* PC. as everyone on this forum knows, i view homophobia as the same thing as racism, sexism, and anti-semitism. HOWEVER, it would be a much better world if we could acknolwedge some differences, understand that these differences don't apply to everyone, and then laugh at these differences with the knoweldge that, hey, it's all okay. you and me are free to be you and me. i didn't watch the super bowl; but i'm having friends over Wednseday night and cooking Indian food for the season finale of "Project Runway."
and his other comments, on the Nobel Prize and especially the neauseating way that everyone thanks God in sometimes baffling language that offers, when you think about it, ontological proof of the existence of a diety ("there ain't no one like you!!!"), are so needed right now. i work in TV, and was of course seduced by notions of fame, glamor, and glitz. and while that's a part of it, really, it's very much a business. don't believe the hype. awards are great, and actors and directors can make impacts on our culture, but the real heroes are in the laboratories of MIT and on the beaches of Banda Ache.
Tue Feb 22, 9:05 AM ET
LOS ANGELES - Chris Rock wants to clarify what he meant when he said straight men don't watch the Oscars (news - web sites). "I did not say that. I said only gay people watch the Tonys," he joked Monday during an appearance on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno."
But later he stuck to his guns. "I really don't know any straight men who aren't in show business that have ever watched the Oscars," he said.
The Emmy-winning comedian has taken some heat for an Entertainment Weekly interview in which he called the notion of giving awards for art "idiotic" and added: "what straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars?"
But he offered Leno some toned-down criticism of Oscar hype.
"The awards don't really affect anybody's lives in the crowd," Rock said. "Meanwhile, the Nobel Peace Prize, there's no one there. Nobody cares what the scientists are wearing. What are you wearing Professor Allen? 'Pants!'"
Rock, asked if he was rooting for anyone to win, said he would favor Don Cheadle, who is up for best actor for his role in "Hotel Rwanda."
"I like it if the award will affect the person's life," Rock said. "If he wins, he's gonna get better scripts, he's gonna work with better directors."
And he had some advice for acceptance speeches.
"Don't thank God," Rock said. "God's busy working on the tsunami, so leave him alone."
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firstly, i find the Tony awards comment really fucking funny, and it also irritates me when we get *too* PC. as everyone on this forum knows, i view homophobia as the same thing as racism, sexism, and anti-semitism. HOWEVER, it would be a much better world if we could acknolwedge some differences, understand that these differences don't apply to everyone, and then laugh at these differences with the knoweldge that, hey, it's all okay. you and me are free to be you and me. i didn't watch the super bowl; but i'm having friends over Wednseday night and cooking Indian food for the season finale of "Project Runway."
and his other comments, on the Nobel Prize and especially the neauseating way that everyone thanks God in sometimes baffling language that offers, when you think about it, ontological proof of the existence of a diety ("there ain't no one like you!!!"), are so needed right now. i work in TV, and was of course seduced by notions of fame, glamor, and glitz. and while that's a part of it, really, it's very much a business. don't believe the hype. awards are great, and actors and directors can make impacts on our culture, but the real heroes are in the laboratories of MIT and on the beaches of Banda Ache.
good points Irvine
There must be plenty of straight men going to the movies too. sorry, Im bored and overanalyzing..
), and I can't stand watching the Oscars.
