Chris Rock’s comedy gets better with age, and we love it!
The famed comedian interviewed with New York Magazine recently in promotion of his upcoming movie ‘ Top Five’ [in theaters December 12] which he directed and executive produced. In short, it was a delightful read.
Check out a few highlights below:
On Being Funny & Offended People With His Comedy:
” It’s not that people were offended by what I said. They get offended by how much fun I appear to be having while saying it. You could literally take everything I said on Saturday night and say it on Meet The Press, and it would be a general debate and it would go away. “
On Income Disparity:
” Oh people don’t even know. If poor people new how rich ‘rich people’ are, there would be in riots in the streets. If the average person could see the Virgin Airlines first-class lounge1, they’d go, ‘What’… This is food, and it’s free and they what? Massage? Are you kidding me? “
On Bill Cosby Controversy:
” I love Cosby, and I just hope its not true. It’s a weird year for comedy. We lost Robin , We lost Joan, and we kind of lost Cosby. ”
On Obama & His Current Presidency:
” Everybody wanted Michael Jordan, right? We got Shaq. That’s not a disappointment…. It’s still a Hall of Fame career… People thinking you’re dumb is an advantage. Obama started as a genius. It’s like, What? I’ve got to keep doing that? That’s hard to do! So it’s not that Obama’s disappointing. It’s just his best album might have been the first album. “
On The Notion Of ‘Black Progress’ And The Term ‘Race Relations’:
” If you saw Tina Turner and Ike having a lovely breakfast over there, would you say their relationship’s improved? Some people would. But a smart person would go. Oh, he stopped punching her in the face, It’s not up to her. Ike and Tina Turner’s relationship has nothing to do with Tina Turner. “
” To say that black people have made progress would be to say they deserve what happened to them before. The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Let’s hope America keeps producing nicer white people. “
For the rest, head over to NY Magazine HERE
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