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johnjohn320

johnjohn320

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I think he's incredibly funny. That said, I just don't get a few things about his act (I'm watching his stand up right now on Comedy Central). He mentions talking at his old high school, giving advice on how to get out of the ghetto. But he went to Duke Ellington High School for the Arts in Washington, a very nice and expensive school. In fact, for all his talk about how he grew up, a little research shows that he was the son of two college professors, and grew up in very affluent communities (Silver Springs, MD, and Yellow Spring, OH, etc). Someone also told me he's a 1/4 Asian, although I'm not sure if that's true or not.

Meh, I know, "who cares?" he's a funny guy with a succesful career, etc. It's just curious to me how much he talks about race, the ghetto, etc....when his background doesn't really reflect the experience he might lead us to believe...
 
DarkThinker

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He cracks me up. With that said, he is an idiot he is just another African American that pretends he would like to move African Americans forward, make change ...etc to get the many current African Americans out of their current life style and into a more socially contributing one, then he goes on his show and sets the opposite example and possibly the opposite of his true self, just to make money...then on top of that he gets angry about why people took the wrong lesson from him and gets a nervous breakdown from it...just me 2 cents.
 
moshquerade

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: DarkThinker
He cracks me up. With that said, he is an idiot he is just another African American that pretends he would like to move African Americans forward, make change ...etc to get the many current African Americans out of their current life style and into a more socially contributing one, then he goes on his show and sets the opposite example and possibly the opposite of his true self, just to make money...then on top of that he gets angry about why people took the wrong lesson from him and gets a nervous breakdown from it...just me 2 cents.
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that's a very astute description of him.
 
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Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: johnjohn320
I think he's incredibly funny. That said, I just don't get a few things about his act (I'm watching his stand up right now on Comedy Central). He mentions talking at his old high school, giving advice on how to get out of the ghetto. But he went to Duke Ellington High School for the Arts in Washington, a very nice and expensive school. In fact, for all his talk about how he grew up, a little research shows that he was the son of two college professors, and grew up in very affluent communities (Silver Springs, MD, and Yellow Spring, OH, etc). Someone also told me he's a 1/4 Asian, although I'm not sure if that's true or not.

Meh, I know, "who cares?" he's a funny guy with a succesful career, etc. It's just curious to me how much he talks about race, the ghetto, etc....when his background doesn't really reflect the experience he might lead us to believe...
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He's just using that as a setup for his jokes. If I remember the joke he says something along the lines of "I told those kids if they want to get outta this ghetto they gotta stay in school and learn... how to play basketball or rap or something". Heh, that was pretty funny, I thought. Anyway, Tupac went to a performing arts high school too, but he claimed to be a thug. Fiction sells better than the truth if the truth isn't entertaining enough.
 
MiniDoom

MiniDoom

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I don't know about Dave, but Silver Springs isn't that nice. Bethesda, yes. Silver Springs, MD no.
 
0roo0roo

0roo0roo

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he comes off like a moron in any interview i've seen him in.

and now he's a muslim.
go figure.
 
Throckmorton

Throckmorton

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Originally posted by: DarkThinker
He cracks me up. With that said, he is an idiot he is just another African American that pretends he would like to move African Americans forward, make change ...etc to get the many current African Americans out of their current life style and into a more socially contributing one, then he goes on his show and sets the opposite example and possibly the opposite of his true self, just to make money...then on top of that he gets angry about why people took the wrong lesson from him and gets a nervous breakdown from it...just me 2 cents.
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How does he set the opposite example on his show? Most of his comedy is observational and in the form of parody!!
 
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manowar821

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
he comes off like a moron in any interview i've seen him in.

and now he's a muslim.
go figure.
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Eloquent.

No wait, what's the word I'm looking for? Oh yeah, "retarded".
 
bigrash

bigrash

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Feb 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
he comes off like a moron in any interview i've seen him in.

and now he's a muslim.
go figure.
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Hmmmm, Bush, Britney, Lindsay, Paris, etc all come off like morons to me too. I wonder what that says about Christians.
 
jman19

jman19

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
he comes off like a moron in any interview i've seen him in.

and now he's a muslim.
go figure.
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Good thing he doesn't do interviews for a living.

I don't care if he is an idiot in interviews, he makes me laugh :thumbsup:
 
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