Will Smith goes on stage at the Oscars and hits Chris Rock then verbally threatens him from his seat (1 Viewer)

[bigdaddysaints]

Just another narcissistic Hollywood couple convinced of their own magnificence. Why do we care?

only you can answer why you care.

 

[Big_L]

I wanna audition for the role of 2pac

I can play the role of August, cuz I luv this sheet . . .

 

[boutte]

only you can answer why you care.

I don't care about celebrities I just find it bizarre that people get so wrapped up the lives of these vacuous ego maniacs. I can see being a fan of a famous personality but this hero worship stupidity baffles me. They know every detail about their chosen object of their devotion and talk about them as if they a member of their family.
What's up with that?

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I don't care about celebrities I just find it bizarre that people get so wrapped up the lives of these vacuous ego maniacs. I can see being a fan of a famous personality but this hero worship stupidity baffles me. They know every detail about their chosen object of their devotion and talk about them as if they a member of their family.
What's up with that?

i think you have the cart before the horse - no one comes into acting as a celebrity - there are maybe a tiny handful who start as pre-teen disney stars, but most have 'earned their stripes' working in anonymity then got a lucky break somewhere along the way
it's the industry that creates the ego maniac - publicists hype their shows and the public gloms onto to someone and then the publicists create celebrity from that
same with pro athletes, same with music stars, et al

 

[boutte]

i think you have the cart before the horse - no one comes into acting as a celebrity - there are maybe a tiny handful who start as pre-teen disney stars, but most have 'earned their stripes' working in anonymity then got a lucky break somewhere along the way
it's the industry that creates the ego maniac - publicists hype their shows and the public gloms onto to someone and then the publicists create celebrity from that
same with pro athletes, same with music stars, et al

But that doesn't change what I said. I'm not blaming the "hero" for being worshiped, I'm blaming the worshipers. But I do blame them for their own self worship. I don't care how they got that way.

 

[bigdaddysaints]

I don't care about celebrities I just find it bizarre that people get so wrapped up the lives of these vacuous ego maniacs. I can see being a fan of a famous personality but this hero worship stupidity baffles me. They know every detail about their chosen object of their devotion and talk about them as if they a member of their family.
What's up with that?

so you are telling me there isn't one person on this earth who wouldn't be considered a celebrity that you know way more about that you should. not one single celebrity, athlete, politician, etc? worship, wrapped up, chosen object of devotion is all relative to each individual doing the judging. but you do seem to care enough to come on this thread about a celebrity and comment on it, which shows you actually do care somewhat..
you come off as one of those who are just "too cool" to like what others like..

 

[Sailorsaint]

so you are telling me there isn't one person on this earth who wouldn't be considered a celebrity that you know way more about that you should. not one single celebrity, athlete, politician, etc? worship, wrapped up, chosen object of devotion is all relative to each individual doing the judging. but you do seem to care enough to come on this thread about a celebrity and comment on it, which shows you actually do care somewhat..
you come off as one of those who are just "too cool" to like what others like..

And who is this Drew Brees guy everyone is talking about….

 

[bigdaddysaints]

And who is this Drew Brees guy everyone is talking about….

"well, that's different." lol

 

[Madmarsha]

I don't care about celebrities I just find it bizarre that people get so wrapped up the lives of these vacuous ego maniacs. I can see being a fan of a famous personality but this hero worship stupidity baffles me. They know every detail about their chosen object of their devotion and talk about them as if they a member of their family.
What's up with that?

Being a very famous and successful celebrity is very dangerous. You will become all that is venal about the cult of personality despite your assurances to yourself that you would never forget where you came from. It's impossible. I'm sure it would have happened to even me. I enjoy celebrity stories as much as the next person, but I start with the premise that they are all now dumb.

 

[boutte]

so you are telling me there isn't one person on this earth who wouldn't be considered a celebrity that you know way more about that you should. not one single celebrity, athlete, politician, etc? worship, wrapped up, chosen object of devotion is all relative to each individual doing the judging. but you do seem to care enough to come on this thread about a celebrity and comment on it, which shows you actually do care somewhat..
you come off as one of those who are just "too cool" to like what others like..

I'm too cool to be cool.

Seriously though, I checked the thread to see why it popped up again after all this time. I gave my opinion. No need to get feathers ruffled over an opinion.

 

[Semper]

When I was younger maybe. As an adult I don’t really follow celebrities unless they make the news and I read about it.

 

[boutte]

When I was younger maybe. As an adult I don’t really follow celebrities unless they make the news and I read about it.

When I was a kid Johnny U was my hero.

 

[DaveXA]

When I was a kid Johnny U was my hero.

Old Baltimore Colts mang. That was a long time ago, hah.

 

[Saintman2884]

He made a business decision.

He never really spoke about it after the incident and parlayed his response into a Netflix special. No need to hone in on the material when his response alone paid him many millions.

It might've come off as more entertaining and funnier to more people who like his earlier stand-up comedy specials, which seemed more "authentic", honed and tried out where his on-stage presence seemed more natural, less repetitive, and maybe not as force-fed.

It might have been amusing and funny for people who aren't familiar, don't watch or aren't used to the nuances, timing, pacing, and organic feel of a HBO/Showtime comedy special, but those hard-core types who watched Eddie Murphy, late Carlin with his angry, venomous" I hate the world", 90's--his death shtick, Chris Rock in the late 90's and 2000's, they know what constitutes great stand-up sounds and looks like and quite a few of them didnt get that with that Netflix special where Rock got paid millions for a mediocre-flimsy show that he did mainly to ride the Will Smith face-slapping Oscar controversy/momentum earlier in the year.

Chris Rock took the money and got a few laughs and hey, more power to him but those who know what great comedy that's well-rehearsed, has great timing, peaces itself, isn't overly-repetitive sounds like didnt get their money's worth and some werent so much laughing by the end, but found it boring. He cashed in on a raging controversy where he was the unwitting protagonist as perceived by most of American viewing public and he went along with the financial windfalls the trend created.

 

[Madmarsha]

I'm too cool to be cool.

Seriously though, I checked the thread to see why it popped up again after all this time. I gave my opinion. No need to get feathers ruffled over an opinion.