Chris Rock on 9/11 and Boston Marathon Bombing in Divisive SNL Opener
Chris Rock hosted Saturday Night Live last night (with musical guest Prince!) and caused a bit of a Twitter stir with his opening monologue, which didn't include even one song. Uh, this is Saturday Night Live, Chris Rock. Ya gotta sing something in your monologue!
The stir came not from the lack of singing (??) but from both the fact that Chris Rock's monologue, like Louis C.K.'s last season, was more of a brief standup set. And this brief standup set included jokes about 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombing:
Of course, because it was funny, some people liked it. And of course, because it touched on sensitive subjects, some people freaked out about it???????????
Is anyone else freaking out at Chris Rock's SNL monologue???????????
— adam bexten (@ADAMBEXTEN) November 2, 2014
Chris Rock is literally making jokes about the Boston Bombing and 9/11 on SNL right now
— adam bexten (@ADAMBEXTEN) November 2, 2014
Chris Rock, your monologue is making me extremely uncomfortable. Please stop. This is not okay. This is not funny. This is offensive.
— scaryann (@maryannkristen) November 2, 2014
Chris Rock isn't funny at all and now he chooses to do a monologue on the Boston Terror Attacks and 9/11, Freedom Tower.
— Mike Loyko (@NEPD_Loyko) November 2, 2014
I can't help but think Chris Rock is going off script for this opening #snl monologue. Does referencing terrorist attacks make you funny?
— Ramneet Sachdev (@ramneetks) November 2, 2014
Chris rock's opening monologue is awful - as a New Yorker, these jokes are unacceptable
— jchemtob (@jchemtob) November 2, 2014
Awkward monologue, Chris Rock.
— Ike Hajinazarian (@_IkeHaji) November 2, 2014
@SimonOstler @chrisrock only an asshole would think joking about terrorist victims is funny. #Shame #PoliticalCorrectnessGoneWild
— PCGW (@PC_GoneWild) November 2, 2014
People are gonna hate Chris Rock after this monologue, making light of the Boston marathon bombing....😳😁😁😁 #uhoh
— Joe Fisher (@JFisher218) November 2, 2014
Some people had the right idea, though:
shout out to chris rock for NOT singing in his monologue
— kati (@xcarriesparkles) November 2, 2014
[image via NBC]
