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November 16, 2004
Chris Rock on the ethics of comedy routines
O: In Raw, Eddie Murphy talks about doing routines about Mike Tyson and then having Tyson come up to him, unhappy about his jokes. Have you ever been confronted by someone you've done jokes about?
CR: It has happened. I had a saying on the show, "Talk about what people do, not what they are." So if a guy's got a really shitty song or he sings it too much or whatever, you talk about the song. If you think he's gay, keep it to yourself. There's no need to talk about that. Jennifer Lopez has an ass you think is funny, fine. Don't talk about her singing. Talk about stuff that's out there already. Halle Berry trashes her car, that's funny. Her husband's in a sex clinic, that's her business, leave her alone. Crashing her car in a funny way is our business, though.
Posted by thdyck on November 16, 2004
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