Comments on: Triumph of Ignorance and Vulgarity

By: baldilocks

baldilocks — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:58:14 +0000

Trouble in Paradise (Part One)
A healthy sign, indeed. Of Chris Rockâ€™s stint as Oscar emcee this past weekend, La Shawn writes:Rock is his own man and what he says or does is no reflection on me. But Iâ€™m embarrassed by his behavior, his very

By: protein wisdom

protein wisdom — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:43:54 +0000

Wonder Twins power: ACTIVATE…?
Bill INDC examines inherent areas of conflict between social conservatives and Bush foreign policy-supporting centrists and libertarians who have joined, for the time being, in a tenuous voting alliance. Bill's concern is that social conservat…

By: Ex Nihilo

Ex Nihilo — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:41:33 +0000

Chris Rocked
Ever since Hollywood trotted out its trick ponies Sunday night for the Academy Awards, commentators have been lambasting the performance of profane, high-decibel comedian Chris Rock. On the right bloggers like Roger Simon, Ann Althouse, PowerLine and L…

By: Digital Brown-Pajamas

Digital Brown-Pajamas — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:02:38 +0000

I’m Glad He Could Make It!
Welcome aboard, Mr. Raspberry!I’ve been here for quite some time; most of my life, come to think of it.

By: EtherHouse

EtherHouse — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:43:05 +0000

So you like the Oscars — quit apologizing and own up.

Now, of course, if you watch the exact same thing for the exact same length of time, but watch it ironically, well then you’re engaging in a critique of our celeb-centered, consumerist hegemon. (So edgy!) And if you spend the next Monday snarking abo…

By: The Political Teen

The Political Teen — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:48:41 +0000

La Shawn Barber’s Blog on TV
On today’s Connected: Coast to Coast, they mentioned a few bloggers and one of their posts. One of them was La Shawn Barber’s Chris Rock complaint (and boy is she right). Video in Extended Entry….

By: Three Way News

Three Way News — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:26:40 +0000

Oscars redux
Say what? I’m supposed to read all of Ms. Barber’s commentary, only to find out that she didn’t even bother to watch what she’s complaining about? That’s what passes for authority on the right: pure factual ignorance coupled with an unbridled divo…

By: Local Liberty

Local Liberty — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:17:06 +0000

The Oscars
For two thoughtful comments on the degradation of Hollywood see Powerline, on Chris Rock’s politicization of the Oscars, and Thomas Hibbs on NRO, on Clint Eastwood’s nihilism. You might, however, go first to La Shawn Barber….

By: baldilocks

baldilocks — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:46:20 +0000

Oscar Musings (UPDATED)
Is there a woman in Hollywood, besides Beyonce Knowles, that still has her original face? I didn’t recognize Renee Zellweger or Drew Barrymore at all. They both used to be attractive. ***** Magic Johnson Theater interviews: Chris is in deep

By: Blogs for Bush

Blogs for Bush — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:19:13 +0000

Chris Rock at the Oscars
I wasn’t going to watch them at all; in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever actually sat there and watched the Oscars. Maybe as a kid, if my parents had it on; but I don’t recall ever thinking that the…

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:58:26 +0000

Thank you, Adrian.

I think it’s time to close this thread.

By: adrian

adrian — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:47:10 +0000

Dear Losing Faith,

I saw Million Dollar Baby and thought it stank even before the euthanasia stuff came on screen. Mystic River was a lot, lot better cinema-wise. Old Clint kind of stumbles in this one.

Dear Phil,

Is it Christ-like to go around accusing fellow believers who are trying to do their best of being un-Christlike?

By your standard, we should accuse Paul of being un-Christlike, too. He gets pretty nasty in Rom 1—and that’s just the beginning of the Pauline corpus.

Dear Andy,

Bingo.

Dear La Shawn,

Thanks a million.

Adrian

By: ratso ferrari

ratso ferrari — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:47:01 +0000

Chris Rock makes Amos and Andy look progressive.

By: RedBeard

RedBeard — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:36:34 +0000

I don’t see it as taking ourselves too seriously. I’ve been known to laugh at a few raunchy jokes, but I don’t appreciate this on prime time television. The Academy opted for coarseness rather than refinement. Seems like a microcosm of society as a whole, demonstrating a definite downward spiral in both expectations and fulfilment of anything uplifting to the human spirit.

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:28:22 +0000

Some of us conservatives take ourselves wayyyy too seriously. It really ain’t this serious.

I thought his joke re the titles of black movies was hee-larious!