Chris Rock's Oscar® monologue

Excerpts from Chris Rock's opening monologue at the 77th Annual Academy Awards® in 2005.

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[Joe Kidd]

Clinton, on the other hand, handed off historic surpluses to Bush ...

[Joe Kidd]

With Gore instead of Bush, there's a good chance that there would have been no 9/11, no war in Afghanistan, no war in Iraq, no needless tax cuts for the wealthy, and no squandering of historic surpluses and turning them into historic deficits. So of course there are differences, usually major ones. Yes, our political system in its current form is inherently corrupt and it compromises so many of the politicians, but there are still differences and one's vote can still mean everything.

[bahatch94]

naive

[oooshitman9]

This was horrible. Then they allowed more blacks at the show. Preparing us for Obama.

[g7924]

omfg that super size me joke

[YoungFrankenstein]

why was it cut?

[BlackDynamiteNYC]

"All they told me was 'Don't do what Letterman did!'" - Chris Rock

[shincastle]

You gotta love how he got away much better than Michael Moore while bashing Bush ; Respect ;)

[Margot Pradon]

youtube.com/watch?v=cEOcGChL7s­s&feature=youtu.be

[iMoreAsianR]

Highly doubt that, our government sent a message with JFK. As president you can have your little ideas here and there but if you stray from the status quo(like when jfk rejected operation northwoods) you're going to get eliminated. I'm afraid the only way to really change this country is to have another revolution. Everyday we lose a little bit more of our freedom.

[Thomas Wang]

me too