The fall of
Kevin Hart was quick and predictable once the internet was abuzz about his
being named as the host of the Academy Awards, clearly one of the hardest jobs
in show business.
Hart fell
victim to a trend which seems to entrap the millennial generation---it’s a sort
of technological foot-in-mouth disease. He’s a stand-up comedian who likes to
tweet his comedy. He withdrew from the host role only a few days after
accepting the gig. The reason? Words he posted between 2009-2011 which were
accurately considered offensive to the LGBT community.
The old
tweets were no longer on Twitter----but someone had taken a screen shot of
them…
Hart is
adamant----He is not homophobic. But he also was not going to apologize.
I’m not
weighing in on Kevin Hart’s comedy or its content. I’m just not that familiar
with him.
I am
weighing in on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms
where people stupidly spout opinions and nonsense and ---for some
reason---believe it is going to evaporate into the ether. It won’t---just ask
Kevin Hart. Other celebs who have written stupid things that came back to bite
include Ashton Kutcher, Paula Deen, and Charlie Sheen…..just to name a few.
The point
is: Don’t write anything on the Internet that you don’t want God and every
person in America to see. Because there’s no reeling it back. Tongue in cheek
humor will be interpreted the wrong way. Always.. Next time you sit in front a
keyboard and want to say something you think is funny….think again.
Humor kills.
Reminds me of the silly courtroom procedure where one trial attorney - for the plaintiff or defendant - asks a witness a doofus question that immediately finds rather stern objection by the other side. The inquisitive attorney - sometimes before the presiding judge can even rule “sustained” or “over-ruled” - proudly announces “I apologize to the court, your honor. i withdraw the question.”
ReplyDeleteToo late! The jury has already heard the question and each member likely formulates an opinion as to what the answer would have (might have? should have?) been. The seed was planted. The “damage” was done. No un-doing it. Ya can’t diffuse a bomb that has just exploded.
Same thing with social media posts. Witness a Twitter or Facebook post showing comedienne Kathy Griffin mockingly holding the severed head of one Donald Trump, sitting POTUS by his clumped orange hair. Funny to some. Not so much to others. If not career-ending, certainly career-limiting.