IMO, he is the second best comic of modern times...after Richard Pryor. Robin Willimas would be third. Funniest stand up routine I have ever seen was Pryor's first, "Live in Concert", from 1979, and it was so poigniant that I was laughing through tears at times. Next funniest was Rock's first HBO special.
Chris Rock is about as funny (to me) as, oh, say, racism or bigotry. I find him annoying and obnoxious, his performances are often so pointed as to be preachy, and he has a pronounced tendency to try wring a joke for more than it's worth.
Of course, that's just me...if you enjoy his humor, then have a good time!
I used to think like you. I was 17 and I walked out of a house a bunch of my HS friends were listening to an album of Richard Pryor's in because of all the dirty words. Then I went into the Army, and I got surrounded by people who spoke like this all the time. I realized that the words weren't dangerous, that people were dangerous.
I don't laugh at Chris Rock's performance because I think vulgarity by itself is funny. However, if his humor, which I think is funny, is delivered in vulgarity, it doesn't keep me from appreciating it.
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