{"id":1750,"date":"2023-03-07T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:08:56","slug":"chris-rocks-new-comedy-special-sparks-online-backlash-from-liberals-turned-my-whole-tv-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1750","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock\u2019s New Comedy Special Sparks Online Backlash From Liberals: \u2018Turned My Whole TV Off\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Amused conservatives are taking note of the selective outrage coming from the left in response to Chris Rock\u2019s new comedy special, which aired on Netflix Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many on the left argue that Rock went too far during his stand-up special, \u201cSelective Outrage,\u201d when he poked fun at Meghan Markle (for her claims of being a victim of racism) and Jada Pinkett (for her \u201copen\u201d relationship arrangement with husband Will Smith).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his routine, Rock, for the first time, referenced the infamous slap that occurred during last year\u2019s Oscars \u2014 in which Will Smith slapped Rock during the live broadcast after taking offense to the host\u2019s comments about Pinkett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News Entertainment&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chris-rocks-new-comedy-special-outrages-liberals-twitter-shocking-turned-whole-tv-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that Rock\u2019s special, which included jokes referencing the royal family, O.J. Simpson, the Kardashians and transgenderism, \u201cangered thought leaders and influencers on the left \u2026 [many of whom] \u201ccalled it \u2018shocking.&#8217;\u201d&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carnegie Mellon University professor Uju Anya commented on Twitter that Rock deserved to be assaulted by Smith and lamented Netflix\u2019s decision to promote Rock\u2019s comedy special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNetflix keeps screwing over subscribers,\u201d Anya complained. \u201cThey cancel hit shows people actually wanna watch and give Chris Rock millions of dollars to prove Will Smith was right to slap him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anya received some pushback for her comment: \u201cYou have good takes, this isn\u2019t one of them,\u201d one Twitter user told Anya.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBC reporter Ben Collins noted that he started but turned off Rock\u2019s performance.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGot 14 minutes into the Chris Rock special before my subconscious took over,\u201d Collins wrote, \u201cand turned my whole TV off,\u201d the professional communicator continued. \u201cMy soul was dying and took control of my physical self.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collins added: \u201cTruly shocking, and I didn\u2019t have high hopes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MSNBC analyst Brittany Packnett Cunningham did not watch the show but chimed in on the discussion: \u201cI didn\u2019t watch that Chris Rock special, and I\u2019m not going to. But absolutely nothing being reported today surprises me. Nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/chris-rocks-new-comedy-special-sparks-online-fury-from-liberals\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/chris-rocks-new-comedy-special-sparks-online-fury-from-liberals\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amused conservatives are taking note of the selective outrage coming from the left in response to Chris Rock\u2019s new comedy special, which aired on Netflix Saturday evening. Many on the left argue that Rock went too far during his stand-up special, \u201cSelective Outrage,\u201d when he poked fun at Meghan Markle (for her claims of being a victim of racism) and Jada Pinkett (for her \u201copen\u201d relationship arrangement with husband Will Smith).\u00a0 During his routine, Rock, for the first time, referenced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1750\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}