2 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Michael Jackson caught hell for years for his skin getting lighter in color as he aged, which he blamed on vitiligo. I don't ever remember this much wailing and moaning for Michael over "....but he has a disease!"

Everyone and their brother makes fun of Mike Tyson for his frontal lisp, which is caused by an anatomical malformation in one or more of the muscles in the tongue, and that malformation makes them physically unable to correctly make an 's' sound.

Peter Falk had a lazy eye he was teased about for years. That's a medical condition.

Bruce Willis has been teased endlessly for going bald. That's a medical condition.

I've heard plenty of groan-worthy jokes about Michael J. Fox being shaky because of Parkinson's.

Megan Fox gets made fun of for her stump thumbs. That's caused by a genetic skeletal condition called brachydactyly type D.

And just with physical appearances in general...how many times have we heard jokes about Sarah Jessica Parker having a face like a horse? Or jokes about Sylvester Stallone's face looking like he was hit by a truck? Or about Eugene Levy's eyebrows? Or about Jay Leno's chin? Or about Owen Wilson's nose...or Adrien Brody's nose...or Karl Malden's nose...or Bob Hope's nose and chin? Taking jabs at celebrities for the sake of humor is as old as being a celebrity.

It’s unfortunate that belittling people is considered comedy.  It is what it is though. If you’re going to be bold enough to crack jokes about people then you should be prepared when the people have an issue with it.  

This was apparently a couple of weeks ago.

 

12 minutes ago, theguru said:

This was apparently a couple of weeks ago.

 

They’ve been the butt of the joke for quite some time now.  I wasn’t surprised he finally reacted.  ??‍♂️

13 minutes ago, theguru said:

This was apparently a couple of weeks ago.

 

Side note: Rebel looks great!!!!!! 

31 minutes ago, PurplePride92 said:

If you’re going to be bold enough to crack jokes about people then you should be prepared when the people have an issue with it.  

This is something I've been thinking about since this went down. Comics, IMO, believe they are untouchable behind the curtain of comedy. They think they can say whatever they want and chalk it up to "comedy," and nobody will come at them like this. It's honestly surprising it doesn't happen more often. 

4 hours ago, theguru said:

I loved Carson when he was here but I wish he would just shut his pie hole. 

AMEN, BROTHER GURU!!

4 hours ago, Irish Cat said:

 

31 minutes ago, theguru said:

Will: “Rock insulted my wife. I’m gonna slap the taste out of his mouth!”

Will after sizing up Rock: “On second thought………”

 

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6 hours ago, PurplePride92 said:

It’s unfortunate that belittling people is considered comedy.  It is what it is though. If you’re going to be bold enough to crack jokes about people then you should be prepared when the people have an issue with it.  

Yep. Really it's cheap and lazy comedy. And people's appearances often are made fun of when we don't agree with them, or dislike them or their beliefs. Again, Chris Rock is way too talented and good at what he does to throw those type of cheap zingers at people for laughs.

21 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

This is something I've been thinking about since this went down. Comics, IMO, believe they are untouchable behind the curtain of comedy. They think they can say whatever they want and chalk it up to "comedy," and nobody will come at them like this. It's honestly surprising it doesn't happen more often. 

Here is what I fear, if it does start happening more often (and a lack of any consequence for Smith makes this more likely) it will eventually evolve to anyone that disrespects anyone else will be a basis for an assault.  I don't want to live in that world. 

5 minutes ago, theguru said:

Here is what I fear, if it does start happening more often (and a lack of any consequence for Smith makes this more likely) it will eventually evolve to anyone that disrespects anyone else will be a basis for an assault.  I don't want to live in that world. 

I think this spurs another conversation that hasn't been talked about enough with slapgate. Why wasn't Smith immediately escorted out of the building? To me that was the most appalling part with all of this. The fact he was allowed to remain in the audience is not a good look and just speaks to the Hollywood hypocrisy that has always existed. We can debate all day whether Rock's comments were appropriate, but I am not sure how anyone can say Smith acted in a way that shouldn't have had him kicked out of the building.

8 minutes ago, bugatti said:

I think this spurs another conversation that hasn't been talked about enough with slapgate. Why wasn't Smith immediately escorted out of the building? To me that was the most appalling part with all of this. The fact he was allowed to remain in the audience is not a good look and just speaks to the Hollywood hypocrisy that has always existed. We can debate all day whether Rock's comments were appropriate, but I am not sure how anyone can say Smith acted in a way that shouldn't have had him kicked out of the building.

Two tiered justice and we see it all the time, one set of rules for us commoners and another set for the rich/elite. 

25 minutes ago, bugatti said:

I think this spurs another conversation that hasn't been talked about enough with slapgate. Why wasn't Smith immediately escorted out of the building? To me that was the most appalling part with all of this. The fact he was allowed to remain in the audience is not a good look and just speaks to the Hollywood hypocrisy that has always existed. We can debate all day whether Rock's comments were appropriate, but I am not sure how anyone can say Smith acted in a way that shouldn't have had him kicked out of the building.

Right. You can be certain that if Average Joe gets up in a comedy club and slaps the comedian for insulting his wife, Average Joe will be leaving the club with a police escort and new bracelets. Smith's reaction was not appropriate. I can understand him getting mad about it, but a slap across the face was not warranted. 

6 minutes ago, rjs4470 said:

Right. You can be certain that if Average Joe gets up in a comedy club and slaps the comedian for insulting his wife, Average Joe will be leaving the club with a police escort and new bracelets. Smith's reaction was not appropriate. I can understand him getting mad about it, but a slap across the face was not warranted. 

And even if you are in the "this was warranted" camp (millions of people), I think we should all be in lock-step that Rock should have been protected as a performer and Smith should have been shown the exit.