Chris Rock’s opening monologue for the 2016 Oscars – hit or miss?
Of course, the comedian went straight for the #OscarsSoWhite controversy.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo2NbVRyZtQ&w=640&h=360]
The best quotes from Chris Rock’s speech are below.
“I thought about quitting. I thought about it really hard. And the last thing I need is to to lose another job to Kevin Hart.”
“Why are we protesting this Oscars? It’s the 88th Academy Awards, which means this no black nominees thing happened 71 other times. You got to figure that it happened in the 50s, 60s. One of those years, Sidney Poitier didn’t put out a movie. … Black people didn’t protest, because we had real things to protest at the time. We were too busy being raped and lynched to care about who won best cinematographer. When you’re hanging from a tree, it’s really hard to care about best documentary short.”
“Everybody went mad [this year]. Jada [Pinkett Smith] got mad. Jada said she’s not coming. Isn’t she on a TV show? Jada boycotting the Oscars is like me boycotting Rihanna’s panties. I wasn’t invited.”
“We got a black Rocky this year. Some people call it Creed; I call itBlack Rocky. That’s an unbelievable statement, because Rocky takes place in a world where white athletes are as good as black athletes.Rocky is a science fiction movie. There are things that happened inStar Wars more believable than what happened in Rocky.”
“We want opportunity. We want the black actors to get the same opportunities. Not just once. Leo gets a great part every year. All you guys get great parts all the time. Jamie Foxx is one of the best actors in the world. Jamie Foxx is so good in Ray that they went to the hospital and unplugged Ray Charles.”
Check out reactions from Twitter below.
.@chrisrock is dropping so many truth bombs!!! In the most hilarious fashion!!! #Oscars
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) February 29, 2016
I love Chris Rock right now. Taking shots at everyone from all backgrounds. If this monologue was an hour special I'd buy it. #Oscars
— Philip DeFranco (@PhillyD) February 29, 2016
Chris Rock gives no fucks tonight😂 he's just letting everything be known
— MA.♚🖤 (@maraaaaahh) February 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/MirrorKissesVA/status/704123846585098241
Chris Rock is killing it! He's hilarious! 👏👏 #OscarsSoWhite
— Nataly (@nataly_y7) February 29, 2016
