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Jack Black.
What’s wrong with Jack Black?
He basically defended trump when his music partner made a joke.
Mostly how he threw Kyle Gass under the bus over his Trump joke, cancelling the entire tour as well. Just so he can keep his trashy movie career going? Also he is in way too much stuff. Jack Black just doesn't belong in Star Wars or Lord of the Rings ... even when it's just fan fiction.
Just read up on the trump comment. I understand Jack has this family friendly persona that he likes to keep. I don’t agree with cancelling the tour and putting creative plans on hold. But I can understand why he’d be instantly on damage control.
I share the same sentiment as Kyle. I really was saddened that the guy missed.
Hard to reconcile “family friendly” when you’ve got a song called “Fuck Her Gently” but ok
Yeah, and the band is called Tenacious D
Consider his work, other than Tenacious D. His roles in movies, random guest star appearances at concerts and such. He’s crafted this lovable teddy bear image. That’s what I’m referring to. Yes, he and Kyle have cultivated a fan base for Tenacious D that is anything but wholesome. But there is more to his image than just that. Most people that only know of him from his performances in movies see him as a family friendly silly guy. That has become his bread and butter.
Again, I don’t agree with his response to Kyle’s birthday wish, but I can understand why he would be on the defensive for it.
No.."gently", not "gentile".
I really don't get the family persona bit here. Yes, it's "a thing", but this happened at a Tenacious D concert. His definitively not child friendly persona singing songs like "Fuck her gently".
Wasn't there an imminent release of some movie he was going to be starring in or something?
Very true! But bigger picture, this gets reported on and causes harm to his “family friendly” schtick. I don’t agree with it, but I understand it.
jack black has always been a cringey loser, I'm glad the rest of the world is finally waking up to it.
I still reckon his only really good non-Tenacious D work was Nacho Libre. Everything else has been a load of saccharine nonsense. Even Nacho is kinda saccharine, but it at least has a whacky style to it. "Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. Just for fun."
Fucking THANK YOU. I never got the hype.
The only thing I ever liked him in was The Jackal that scene was so cathartic.
If he got violently dismembered more often, i might like him more. I usually think of him kicking Baxter off an overpass in Anchorman, as a default.
I could only tolerate him in Airborne (1993), one of my all time favorite movies. I'm not gay, but Shane McDermott...
And the girl, Brittney Powell, pretty hot. Movie had a lot of younger actors before they went big. Seth green, Alanna ubach, jack black.
Orange county (2002) also, kinda forgot he was in that.
Nacho libre is sort of tolerable, but not because of him.
Came here to say that.
why he isn't liked anymore?
Because he killed the metal
His Tenacious D bandmate, Kyle Gass, made a joke about assassinating Donald Trump. Black put out a statement criticizing and distancing himself from Gass while also placing the band on hiatus, cancelling a then-ongoing world tour. People feel he threw a longtime friend under the bus in order to protect his public image.
Alternate theory: Jack understands that bad press impacts the movies he works on and that hundreds to thousands of people depend on those movies doing well. It sucks he did this but as an adult whose actions could have a negative impact on my co-workers incomes I get it
Maybe, but I don't agree fully. He made a huge deal about it while singing his distasteful songs. the joke was par for the audience course.
Gotta protect those Video Game movie deals.
Don't wanna risk that Ganon cast in the Zelda Movie
More like goota protect the returns so that the FX team that spent years on the film have stronger resumes based on a successful film rather than one that tanked because Jack Black did something stupid.
Something stupid, like be in it?
I get why someone would lose respect for him over that, but he's a celeb who's cultivated a wholesome kid-oriented image of inclusivity rather than culture warrior. He's in the "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar" camp which is probably where folks like Fred Roger's would be were he here today.
So I guess I didn't expect much more from him, but I'm also not a huge fan or anything, just enjoy his work, so I'm not in a position to really be disappointed in him.
Damn dude just say you don't know anything about Tenacious D. Lol.
I never liked him. Not for any particular reason really. It's just the vibe I'm getting from him. He doesn't seem authentic.
Same, loved him when i was little