Anyway, as for the actual Will Smith material that everybody was waiting for? Yeah, Rock went off, mostly blaming Jada Pinkett Smith for the whole thing and mocking Will for taking out his frustration about his wife’s very public cuckolding conversations on him.I could talk about the text of the special itself, but I’m a TV critic and not a comedy critic. I could point out that a shocking amount of Rock’s material felt somewhere between dated and embalmed.
That’s part of why Netflix wanted to accentuate the liveness of this special, complete with a pre-show that nobody needed and a post-show that, well, nobody needed. As for how the liveness impacted the show on a formal level? Well, the easiest thing to do is go back and watch, a generally uneven but frequently brilliant special that’s notable for how fantastically directed it is. Bo Burnham made a Chris Rock special that looked like no previous Chris Rock special. There are so many close-ups. Almost all close-ups for long stretches. The lighting is impressively evocative.
Chris Rock Slaps Back - A review and analysis of Selectiveoutrage
This critic is either part of the woke culture or just a dry individual. Seems if he's butt hurt more than critic. Oh yeah and no thanks for using this column to educate me on 'shark tale' a kids movie I'd never watch. What a reach 😂
The 'reviewer' fienprint (ugh, what a life) has joined the throng of those triggered righteous who got uncomfortable with Rock's social commentary that indicts specifically them, so off they went, becoming that annoying person with Selective Outrage saying 'yeah it's been done.'
'I'm not comedy critic, I'm a TV critic.' Then goes on to critique the comedy. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about. But I'm not a critic critic, so I guess that gives me the right to critique his critique.
Disagree with entire take. Would you accuse two MMA fighters or boxers having 'canned' combinations and punches? Or seeing Adele sing 'canned' songs in a PPV live concert? No. Rock's set is built upon the concept of hypocrisy, summed up by Will Smith incident. Brilliant.
He’s been working on the show for a year testing jokes on tour, so it’s not spontaneous or off the cuff. If you’re expecting 90s wild man Chris, that’s on you.
The show doesn’t have to go into the national archives so who cares what it means to someone 100 years from now. The fact that he’s still this angry tells you that Will Smith has done nothing to make it right. Rock was on point.
Consider the source
Sounds like a bunch of Republicans
No one cares what you think in particular African-Americans
His career has been over for awhile. Maybe Sandler can put him in another movie lol
The constant swearing and n world use was just to much for me but hey if you liked it good for you it's just my opinion.