The anger sounds fresh in the comedian's latest standup special.
, one of the omissions which fed the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag).
"I'm not a victim, baby ... you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying," the comic said."I took that hit like [champion boxer Manny] Pacquiao."He may not have been crying, but Rock's anger over the incident seemed fresh as if it had just happened last week."People are [asking me] 'Did it hurt?'" Rock said, incredulously."It still hurts."
Parts of the special seemed calibrated to tweak stereotypically liberal sensibilities, with Rock insisting,"Anybody that says 'Words hurt,' has never been punched in the face." And jokes about how a"woke trap" works; if"somebody wants your job, they just wait for you to say some dumb s---." Comedy from a guy who has been rich and famous a whileBecause Rock is a comedy pro, a lot of the special was entertaining and some of it was poignant, including his reflections on having a mother who grew up in segregation who is now able to visit her granddaughter studying at culinary school in France. I also loved his observation that the January 6, riots were"white men trying to overthrow the government ... that they run.
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