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(14 posts) Tue Mar 29, 2022, 04:49 PM Mar 2022

Comedians Rally Around Chris Rock, Express Concern About Violence Towards Comics [View all]

Source: Deadline

UPDATED with Carrey, Sandler comments: “Stand-up comics are very adept at handling hecklers,” tweeted Mark Hamill last night after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, “violent physical assault…not so much.”

Hamill’s tweet drew the distinction between speech and action that many have continued to drive home as the comedy community (mostly) rallies around Rock.

Howard Stern said on his SiriusXM show this morning, “You don’t hit people over speech, certainly not at the Academy Awards, and Will Smith’s got to contain himself.”

Jim Carrey agreed, telling Gayle King on CBS Mornings Tuesday, “If you want to yell from the audience and show disapproval or say something on Twitter [that’s ok]. You do not have the right to walk up on stage and smack somebody in the face ‘cuz they said words.”

Read more: https://deadline.com/2022/03/comedians-defend-chris-rock-will-smith-slap-1234989485/

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Comedians Rally Around Chris Rock, Express Concern About Violence Towards Comics [View all] Mysmi Mar 2022 OP

Would have expected a list at least a little preliminary repartee from an actor like Smith Walleye Mar 2022 #1

Not the first time someone assaulted someone for saying something AZProgressive Mar 2022 #2

And your point? NoRethugFriends Mar 2022 #4

I don't understand all the comics complaints about their safety AZProgressive Mar 2022 #6

And Will Smith apologized luv2fly Mar 2022 #5

Are you referring to Chris Rock? pandr32 Mar 2022 #8

Seems to not be true luv2fly Mar 2022 #13

Wow. True? Not true? pandr32 Mar 2022 #85

Please, blame the victim? dem4decades Mar 2022 #11

I'm not blaming Jada Pinkett Smith at all luv2fly Mar 2022 #14

Maybe you didn't see the clip of Smith doing just that to a band member? dem4decades Mar 2022 #15

False equivalence luv2fly Mar 2022 #17

I didn't realize she was "attacked " they should have called the police on Rock then. dem4decades Mar 2022 #25

Yeah okay I get where you're at luv2fly Mar 2022 #28

Yeah, me and the rest of the world. dem4decades Mar 2022 #32

Who said Rock was "good"? I think what some people are missing though is that no one in this country cstanleytech Mar 2022 #75

I thought Democrats were supposed to be empathetic Moebym Mar 2022 #33

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #46

But she's embracing it, no? Polybius Mar 2022 #99

Jada Smith Katcat Mar 2022 #53

Yes! LeftInTX Mar 2022 #83

Attacked? I don't think so. luvtheGWN Mar 2022 #80

Jada has a video out there - showing a strip about one inch womanofthehills Mar 2022 #94

Always? Shrek Mar 2022 #19

Oh I bet you can luv2fly Mar 2022 #21

I bet I can find some Mitch McConnell mockery too Shrek Mar 2022 #23

Except he could *choose* his hairstyle and clothing. Moebym Mar 2022 #35

She isn't bald, she chose to cut her hair extremely short questionseverything Mar 2022 #88

Chris Rock apologized too Mysmi Mar 2022 #30

Incorrect obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #102

Once again... appmanga Mar 2022 #45

You don't make fun of someone's disability luv2fly Mar 2022 #51

Well said!!! Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #81

Excellent on Chris Rock. Will Smith and wife are scientology assholes NoRethugFriends Mar 2022 #3

Maybe he checked it out, but not currently. txwhitedove Mar 2022 #9

Inside Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's Scientology School for Kids Coventina Mar 2022 #10

They are out. Here is an update. chowder66 Mar 2022 #16

Scientologists or not, making fun of someone's appearance who has an autoimmune disease Moebym Mar 2022 #27

Already bought our tickets to Rock's show eissa Mar 2022 #7

I'm glad you're supporting him. dem4decades Mar 2022 #12

Chris Rock didn't press charges. Other comedians most likely will if physically assaulted. chowder66 Mar 2022 #18

It's called the Jesters Privilege - in the middle ages a court jester had the privilege to talk and stewrat Mar 2022 #20

Heckled is one thing, physical assault is another questionseverything Mar 2022 #92

This wasn't an English court and there's no jester. n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #104

mocking Slammer Mar 2022 #22

There is no excuse for a physical assault. left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #26

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #34

Like trump mocking Traildogbob Mar 2022 #40

I just heard something and then it occurred to me that Chris Rock may not even be responsible... Javaman Mar 2022 #24

I have it on good authority that Moebym Mar 2022 #29

And even I as an ordinary person... dixiechiken1 Mar 2022 #56

I assume Chris Rock knew because he was the producer of Good Hair, a documentary pnwmom Mar 2022 #58

Actually half of all women have some hairloss, it's natural questionseverything Mar 2022 #89

15% of Black women have CCCA, a type of immune related alopecia that's almost exclusive pnwmom Mar 2022 #90

If you read something from a teleprompter that you know is not right...don't read it. Escurumbele Mar 2022 #39

Nope. It wasn't in the script. He ad-libbed that "joke." pnwmom Mar 2022 #57

Thanks for the info! Javaman Mar 2022 #60

Is that today, because yesterday there was a fake statement that his team disavowed. n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #63

The producer must approve of anything that is off script in advanced. The Grand Illuminist Mar 2022 #95

What's the producer going to do if an unapproved joke slips out? pnwmom Mar 2022 #96

If it was unapproved, we would've known now. The Grand Illuminist Mar 2022 #97

We do. The Rolling Stone report said it wasn't in the script or in the rehearsal. pnwmom Mar 2022 #98

Still has to be approved The Grand Illuminist Mar 2022 #100

And yet they are saying it wasn't approved. He just decided to throw it in pnwmom Mar 2022 #101

There is no excuse for a physical assault. left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #31

If you are keeping score at home.... twodogsbarking Mar 2022 #36

Sorry but, no one has the right to belittle anyone, if you are a comic then tell jokes that do not Escurumbele Mar 2022 #37

If Jada had shaved her hair off because she liked the look Moebym Mar 2022 #44

Actually, pretty everyone has the right to belittle others n/t Captain Stern Mar 2022 #87

Kramer's Racist Tirade (Micheal Richards) old as dirt Mar 2022 #38

Maybe Will Traildogbob Mar 2022 #41

Of course comedians are coming to his defense. Moebym Mar 2022 #42

They are coming to their own defense. old as dirt Mar 2022 #47

Point taken. Moebym Mar 2022 #50

They are afraid that hecklers will escalate to violence. old as dirt Mar 2022 #52

Where would the world be if comedians weren't allowed to mock people? nt ripcord Mar 2022 #69

You don't understand how comedy works, do you? NoRethugFriends Mar 2022 #71

I disagree. While i don't condone Smith's violence, i also can't stand Chris Rock for making Jada onetexan Mar 2022 #43

Smith should not have used violence to get his point across Moebym Mar 2022 #48

He did. old as dirt Mar 2022 #49

Why the outrage, why the backlash? Aussie105 Mar 2022 #54

She is a victim?!? What BS!!, BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #55

Try to stay calm, will you? Aussie105 Mar 2022 #59

He has major mental issues and needs help. BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #65

Have you ever heard of "putting up a brave front"? That is what Jada had been doing lately, pnwmom Mar 2022 #61

Did you take the time to actually look at the video of HER reaction BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #66

You mean the video in slow mo and on repeat? pnwmom Mar 2022 #67

No, the video of them at the Oscars as Chris said the joke... BigmanPigman Mar 2022 #68

Yeah, he appeared to laugh for a second or two before he realized who GI Jane was. pnwmom Mar 2022 #70

Tell it to Chris Rock. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #74

Rock is nothing more than a verbal bully. Conjuay Mar 2022 #62

Being a comedian means never having to say I'm sorry for insulting people ripcord Mar 2022 #64

Violence performed in the name of protecting wronged women only Emile Mar 2022 #72

Maybe Will has been spending too much time with his loony kids. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2022 #73

If only there was a white man involved in all this ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2022 #76

Smith is management. Rock is not. This was worker harassment by Will tirebiter Mar 2022 #77

Bad comedy nowforever Mar 2022 #78

Ok. LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #79

It was a staged event! The Jungle 1 Mar 2022 #82

Maybe comedians should just stop making jokes about people's appearance ripcord Mar 2022 #84

This message was self-deleted by its author Spazito Mar 2022 #86

Do comedians share their jokes first Tree Lady Mar 2022 #91

In general, because there's a script and a rehearsal. But Rock ad-libbed this joke. n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #105

The trashing of the Smiths has already begun eissa Mar 2022 #93

Mega Streisand Effect obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #103