Wherein, Once Again, Chris Rock Owns Me
I think I like his commentary even better than Kanye's:
"George Bush hates midgets!" Chris Rock quipped last night during "Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast."
Rock's crack was a reference to Kanye West's comment that "George Bush doesn't care about black people," made when the rapper went seriously off-script during the "NBC: We Are the World" Hurricane Katrina telethon that Some of the Networks of NBC aired a week ago.
"We've all heard the question: 'Why didn't those people just leave when they had the chance?' " Rock said last night, ever so much more coherently, cynically and, apparently, on script. "But now, we all realize, not everyone can jump in their SUVs and go check into a nice hotel. Those people depend on public transportation and those people can't afford a nice hotel because some of them work there."
He continued: "Well, now's the time for you to do something for them. Do it for the children who've been left behind without parents. For the sick that have been left without medicine. And for the families that have been left without a place in the world to call home. . . . Do what you can because it's the right thing to do."
And people wonder why I've watched Bigger & Blacker over 100 times.
BTW, did you know Chris Rock listened to The College Dropout on repeat while he wrote most of his Never Scared material? It all makes sense now.
"George Bush hates midgets!" Chris Rock quipped last night during "Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast."
Rock's crack was a reference to Kanye West's comment that "George Bush doesn't care about black people," made when the rapper went seriously off-script during the "NBC: We Are the World" Hurricane Katrina telethon that Some of the Networks of NBC aired a week ago.
"We've all heard the question: 'Why didn't those people just leave when they had the chance?' " Rock said last night, ever so much more coherently, cynically and, apparently, on script. "But now, we all realize, not everyone can jump in their SUVs and go check into a nice hotel. Those people depend on public transportation and those people can't afford a nice hotel because some of them work there."
He continued: "Well, now's the time for you to do something for them. Do it for the children who've been left behind without parents. For the sick that have been left without medicine. And for the families that have been left without a place in the world to call home. . . . Do what you can because it's the right thing to do."
And people wonder why I've watched Bigger & Blacker over 100 times.
BTW, did you know Chris Rock listened to The College Dropout on repeat while he wrote most of his Never Scared material? It all makes sense now.