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Like many successful comics before him, Chris Rock has become famous, in part, because of his ability to wax humorous on a variety of relevant topics. Those topics have ranged in scope from political (Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, the war in Iraq) to societal (the Columbine shootings) to sexual (coining of the term “tossed salad”). After taking a hiatus from the road, Rock is getting back to the stand-up circuit with his “No Apologies” tour, which includes a date at Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday, March 26. 210SA takes a look back at the comedic diversity of one Chris Rock.
| THE RUNDOWN
What: Chris Rock
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 26
Where: Municipal Auditorium, 100 Auditorium Circle
How much: $45.50-$75.50
Info: (210) 224-9600; ticketmaster.com
ON THE WEB: chrisrock.com, YouTube clips | NEW YORK CITY: DEC. 31, 2007
THE TOPIC: President Bush's tenure
ROCK'S THOUGHTS (courtesy of AlterNet): “Bush is like Hammer. Nobody admits to buying the album now.”
THE 210 TAKE: (Quietly sliding our cassette copy of U Can't Touch This out of public view .....)
'BRING THE PAIN' HBO SPECIAL: JUNE 1, 1996
THE TOPIC: Marion Barry's arrest for drug possession, and his ability to still be re-elected mayor of Washington D.C.
ROCK'S THOUGHTS: “Smoke crack, got his job back. How the hell that happen? If you get caught smoking crack at McDonald's, you can't get your job back. They're not going to trust you around the Happy Meals. Send your ass to Hardee's.”
THE 210 TAKE: Note: We're not advocating that Hardee's employees get cracked out before assembling the oh-so-tasty Big Hot Ham ‘N' Cheese.
NEW YORK CITY: DEC. 31, 2007
THE TOPIC: Hillary Clinton's presidential aspirations
ROCK'S THOUGHTS (courtesy of AlterNet): “I think America is ready for a woman president, but does it have to be that woman?”
THE 210 TAKE: Democratic primary voters and approximately 98 percent of the Republican base seem to agree with Rock on this point.
‘BIGGER AND BLACKER' HBO SPECIAL: JULY 10, 1999
THE TOPIC: Gun control
ROCK'S THOUGHTS: “I think all bullets should cost $5,000. If a bullet cost $5,000, there'd be no more innocent bystanders. Every time somebody gets shot, people would be like, ‘He must have done something. They put $50,000 worth of bullets in his ass.'.”
THE 210 TAKE: Somewhere, the deer, doves and quails of America are supporting Rock in his stance on raising the price of ammunition.
‘BRING THE PAIN' HBO SPECIAL: JUNE 1, 1996
THE TOPIC: Corporal punishment
ROCK'S THOUGHTS: “We don't need the death penalty. We got the tossed salad man. S**t, if I had a choice right now between the electric chair or tossing a salad, I'd be like, ‘So where you plug it in?'.”
THE 210 TAKE: While Rock is searching for the chair's plug, we will be on the hunt for syringes and whatever they put in that lethal injection concoction.
Clint Hale 210SA
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