Chris Rock: Selective Outrage will become the first live-streamed global event where Rock will take the stage Netflix next March 4thin Baltimore.
It’s less than a year later Will Smith punched Rock during the live broadcast of the Oscars. Apparently, there will be no such interruption this time.
“Chris Rock he is one of the most iconic and leading comedic voices of our generation,” Netflix VP of Stand-Up Comedy Robbie Praw said in a statement at the special’s initial announcement.
“We are thrilled for the entire world to witness a Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history. This it will be an unforgettable moment and we are very honored that Chris is carrying this torch.
His career
Rock’s career in comedy began in the 1980s, before he shot to fame after three seasons on the Famous Saturday night live. He went on to make a string of successful comedy specials on HBO and quickly rose to stardom and mainstream acclaim.
He later stood out in an interview program for the same signal, between 1997 and 2000. He is also known for developing and writing the sitcom Everyone hates Chrisbased on his childhood in New York.
Selective outrage will be Rock’s second stand-up set for Netflix, after drummer in 2018. And, of course, this is Rock’s first TV comedy special since the silly Oscar slap, so hopefully Will Smith gets his fair comeuppance.
As reported by the specialized media indiewireNetflix has doubled down on its comedy effort this year, including its festival Netflix is a joke. The Los Angeles Comedy Festival hosted 330 comedians including Amy SchumerWanda Sykes, Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, Aziz Ansari, Dave Chapel and others, who performed 295 shows in 35 venues around the city.
Many of these episodes were recorded and later released on the platform. However, the Rock special will mark the first live-taped comedy special for the streaming giant.
“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock said of the meeting with Smith. Furthermore, he added that he didn’t try to victimize himself because of the situation and decided to continue with his life: “I’m not a victim. I didn’t go to any hospital after that,” he said. US weekly.
Rock has won four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He was voted “the fifth best comedian in a poll conducted by Comedy Central”. He was also voted in the UK as “9th best stand-up comedian” in Channel 4’s 100 best stand-up comedians in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as “8th” best stand-up comedian.
His subject matter generally involves family, politics, romance, music, class relations, and race relations in the United States.
While not strictly autobiographical, much of his comic point of view seems rooted in his teenage experience with strict parents who always worried about the failings of the school system. in his memories Rock this, she recalls, “My parents thought I was going to get a better education in a better neighborhood. What I actually got was a worse education in a worse neighborhood. And a lot of whipping.”
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Source: Clarin