Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
GenreStand-up comedy
Written byChris Rock
Directed byKeith Truesdell
StarringChris Rock
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersChris Rock
Michael Rotenberg
Sandy Chanley
ProducerTom Bull
EditorBrian Schnuckel
Running time58 minutes
Production companiesCR Enterprises
Production Partners
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseJune 1, 1996 (1996-06-01)

Chris Rock: Bring the Pain is a television special that premiered on HBO on June 1, 1996, starring comedian Chris Rock. This was Rock's second special for the network, following 1994's Big Ass Jokes as part of HBO Comedy Half-Hour. Rock was already a well-known comedian, but Bring the Pain made him one of the most popular comedians in the United States.[1][2] The special included subjects about then-D.C. mayor Marion Barry, the O. J. Simpson murder case, dating, marriage, and race relations in America.

Production

By 1994, Chris Rock's career had experienced a downslide: "I was a has-been. So I figured if I'm not going to be famous, I can at least get really good, and get back to being the way I was before I met Eddie Murphy and saw the big houses and the girls."[3]

Rock became determined to subvert any preconceived notions about him. To prepare for the special, he honed his material for two years by performing nightly in comedy clubs and then launching a national tour.[4] The special was taped at a tour stop at the Takoma Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Reception

The special was regarded as one of the finest recorded stand-up comedy performances of all time. Entertainment Weekly called it "groundbreaking" and "a classic".[5] Variety compared Rock to revered comedians Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce[6] and called it "one of the truly remarkable hours of comedy ever to air on television."[7]

The most well-known and controversial piece of the special is "Niggas vs. Black People".[3] The controversy around the twelve-minute routine led to Rock never performing it again. In a 2005 60 Minutes interview, Rock explained, "By the way, I've never done that joke again, ever, and I probably never will. 'Cos some people that were racist thought they had license to say nigger, so, I'm done with that routine."[8]

Rock was surprised by the widespread acclaim the special received: "I thought, hopefully this will be better than other HBO specials, and I'll get whatever rewards come with that. Maybe somebody will want me to do a sitcom – if I'm lucky. Next thing they were talking about it on C-SPAN, and I'm, Huh? My only goal was to do a show that was good enough that when I played a club, I wouldn't have to promote it on radio."[9]

In 1997, Rock won two Emmys for this special: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, and Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program.[10] That same year, Rock also released a comedy album titled Roll with the New. The album combined material from the special with comedy sketches. It won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.[11] The success of the special prompted HBO to develop a weekly talk show for Rock titled The Chris Rock Show. Rock's acting career was also given a boost. He went from playing very minor roles in Sgt. Bilko and Panther to playing major roles in Lethal Weapon 4 and Dogma.

References

  1. ^ AllMovie.com review
  2. ^ "BBC Guide to Comedy article". Archived from the original on 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  3. ^ a b Chris Rock: The funniest man in America?, The Guardian, June 1, 2001
  4. ^ Interview on Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, March 12, 2007
  5. ^ Entertainment Weekly video review, October 29, 2002
  6. ^ Chris Rock Bio Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Review of Bigger & Blacker, Variety, July 8, 1999
  8. ^ Leung, Rebecca (17 February 2005). "Rock: Bring On Oscar 'Safety Net'". CBS News. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. ^ Interview with David Bennun, 2000
  10. ^ Awards, IMDb
  11. ^ AllMusic.com

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