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Jack Black announces new movie ‘School of Spineless PR Management’ (chaser.com.au)

submitted 5 months ago by DxK to c/[email protected]

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[–] kn33 29 points 5 months ago (64 children)

I feel like this is referencing something I'm out of the loop on

[–] [email protected] 71 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (55 children)

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jack-black-cancels-tenacious-d-tour-trump-assassination-kyle-gass-1236073486/

Jack Black canceled his tour after Kyle Gass made a joke about the Trump assassination attempt.

[+] neatchee -97 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (53 children)

Let's not bury the lede here: the joke in question was making a birthday wish while blowing out candles saying "don't miss next time". Joke or not, that is publicly encouraging the assassination of a former president.

Like, there's a big difference between "I heard he shit his pants when the bullets started flying" and "I hope it happens again and succeeds this time".

Fuck Trump. Fuck everything about him. But you gotta know that shit isn't acceptable when standing next to the guy who played Bowser for Nintendo

EDIT: Whole lot of people in here can't fucking read lmao. I don't give a shit about Trump, conservatives, or anyone on that side of this issue. I just know that it's a dumb move to make that joke standing on stage with a guy who stars in PG movies for a living. Y'all need to get a grip