Academy Dumps The Nigga Host

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So ho, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences chose Jon Stewart to host this years Oscar broadcast.

This is going to be fun, although probably not nearly as barbed and un-PC as Chris Rock's stint last year. I have to say, the Academy got what they expected and didn't expect with C-Rock. I figure the expected Rock to hand the Chump-in-Chief his ass -- which he did, but he also did something else -- put a foot in Hollywood's ass!

In an attempt to shake up their sagging rating C-Rock took the mic and did what America has always hated - having an intelligent Black Man in the middle of the media spotlight, who is smart, articulate and well-versed on the crimes perpetrated by the country and more specifically the industry he's in to have full reign to speak for more than a 20 second sound bite. I'll never forget the barbs C-Rock threw at Jude Law, ultimately claiming that he wasn't even a movie star, nor will I forget how he shoved a shiv in the movie studio execs who continually release shitty Black films with criminally inept titles like Barbershop, The Cook-Out, The Wash, Booty Call, Sprung, and My Baby's Mama. I never understand why nigga flicks have the most banal titles imaginable, do you? Are Black People not cogent enough to have a subtle or slick or inviting title, like Crash or The Constant Gardner or Brokeback Mountain?

Apparently, some Academy members found Mr. Rock, who took as many hard-ass jabs at the overly sanctimoniousness of the industry as he did at President Bush, was insufficiently respectful of the movie industry. My thing is why should Rock have been reverential to Hollywood? It's know for treating Blacks like craven dogs, who are forced to scavenge for meals from the scraps left by their owners.

Mr. Gil Cates, the producer of this year's Oscar broadcast said he wasn't worried that Mr. Stewart might cross the line of taste in matters of politics or Hollywood protocol. "He's hilarious, he's irreverent," said Mr. Cates. "He knows the difference between being irreverent and being over the top. I'm very excited about it."

Now that quote, if you decipher the subterfuge infected text, sounds like this me: "Who does that nigger Chris Rock tried to embarrass the (hairy, hidden) Hand that feeds him, think he is?!? Disparage niggers all you want on your HBO Specials, Chris, but don't you dare take a stanky shit on the high priests of the post-modern Church! When you're given a chance to speak at their pulpit Now we have to cut ya!" This is all said in the upper halls of power that are draped with repurposed white sheets. I'm not saying that Cates or the Academy is racist, that would be too easy -- and too wrong.

I wonder how Rock's script would have been this year -- if he was choosen -- and Aaron McGrudder of Boondocks fame was helping with the writing chores.

Anyway, I'll probably drop a bomb or two after this years Oscars. I'm actually looking forward to seeing Jon Stewart, as I rarely ever watch his show; it must be good though!