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Michael Vick costs Chris Rock the chance to play Richard Pryor
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Michael Vick costs Chris Rock the chance to play Richard Pryor
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Not that I would ever submit myself to the late-night torture known as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, but some people, masochists and old folks, I presume, still do, and apparently, Chris Rock went on there at some point and made a funny about Michael Vick's dog situation: âWhat the hell did Michael Vick do? Pitbulls ain't even real dogs! Dogs have never been good to black people!â
Problem for Rock: He was in the running to play the legendary Richard Pryor in a biopic on the late comedian's life. Pryor's widow, however, is a dog lover, and she didn't take well to Rock's comments:
In an open letter to the star, Jennifer [Pryor] fumes, âFor your information, Chris, what Michael Vick did was to torture, drown, electrocute and murder dogs all for fun and for profit! He went to prison for felony animal cruelty! That's what he did! These types of comments only encourage abuse and misunderstanding of this breed, as well as actual dog-fighting. Clearly this part of your latest stand-up routine would not make Richard laugh!â
Now, the Interwebs tell us, Marlon Wayans will be taking over the lead role, which means, based on our experience with Marlan Wayans films, well ⦠I mean, can we trust the brain behind White Chicks and Scary Movie 4 to do justice to Richard Fucking Pryor? Ugh.
Mike Vick is ballin this season! Eagles win super bowl XLV!
Rock got what he deserved and so did Leno, his ratings DROPPED. I guess people just don't like dog killers, uh? LOL
The headline reads like Michael Vick punched someone in the tooth who happened be a key person in the decision making process. Wow. Just wow. I think the man has been suffiiciently demonized, but you can, apparently, never have too much demonization, especially around Halloween.
Marlon was really good in Requiem for a Dream, has Chris Rock ever played a role that dramatic? I've only seen Chris Rock in comedies. For what it's worth, I saw the first Scary Movie on Comedy Central the other day and genuinely enjoyed it. It still holds up.
I don't care how Michael Vick plays. Look at that dog! Chris Rock - that's not really funny. Too bad he didn't do more research before making that "joke."
I was just thinking that Requiem is a masterpiece and I have always wondered why he didn't do more dramatic roles like that. Being Pryor seems to be a great role both ends of the spectrum happy and tragic we know he is funny and also has shown he can be amazing in drama. Break a leg Marlon. I never loved or hated CR but now I hope he feels this sting for a long time. Hope Marlon wins an Academy Award for this and Rock has to just watch.
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