September 3, 2006
"I was moved when Sean came to my defense."
Jude Law reveals the pain and sorrow, how Chris Rock hurt him so much at the Oscars in 2005 when he joked and then just kept joking about how Law was in so many movies these days. Oh, it's such a mercy that there are profoundly humorless souls like Sean Penn to come to the rescue of that poor man.
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Jude the Obtuse
There is a morning radio show in Detroit that plays the Sean Penn defense of Jude Law at least once a month to mock Penn and his overseriousness and lack of humour.
Being upset about that is hard to understand. I saw Chris Rock savage those in the music business far more than that when he did the MTV awards, and these people were in the audience. He shredded the Backstreet Boys and other boy bands, white rappers, and "Kid Rock's midget".
This guy gets to act in movies, gets paid millions to do so, was apparently allowed to bang his nanny and get away with it (since he is still with Sienna Miller) and he is whining about this? Sounds like a cushy life. Hell, Ron Jeremy was the butt of many a joke about how he appeared in about every other porn movie twenty years ago, and he doesn't whine about this.
Well, if no one else will, I'll come to the defense of Jude Law. Bravo to him for refusing to pretend he didn't mind the insults. They were insults. Only if you think Law is a 3rd-rate actor would you find Rock's comments funny. Many people may think that, but you don't expect Law himself to have that opinion of himself, do you? And for Rock to say what he did with the butt of his joke sitting in the audience while it was broadcast to millions was just rude.
I'm so tired of this idea that we all have to be self-deprecating and laugh along with those who insult us and if we don't then we're overly-sensitive and "humorless." Being offended when someone is being offensive is a virtue, not a vice.
Give Jude Law some credit: "If you can’t get Billy Crystal, then wait." is great comeback. (Not too much credit though; he did have months to come up with it...)
I'm also confused about why it's appropriate to be offended about a joke about your taste in wine but not one about your ability to perform your job.
Mark:
Don't look now....you're sense of humor is missing....
I agree with Mark -- it seems like the jokes went a little overboard to me. But I wonder how Law interprets any of Rock's humor. At least Rock didn't make fun of Jude's receding hairline.
I'm cracking up at the Whine One One comment.
Mark, MadisonMan -
Your thoughts re Colbert on Bush?
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