An HBO Comedy Event.
Features: DVD
Comic superstar and three-time Emmy Award-winner Chris Rock stars in his fifth solo HBO stand-up performance. Kill the Messenger features Chris Rock from three international performances - at South Africa's Carnival City Casino, London's Carling Apollo Hammersmith and New York's legendary Apollo Theater - where he delivers his unique, adults-only take on dozens of social, political and celebrity issues.
Editor's Note
Four years after 2004's NEVER SCARED, Chris Rock returns with another hilarious standup performance in KILL THE MESSENGER. Intercutting between performances held in South Africa, London, and New York City, the program finds Rock riffing on the upcoming 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, and (as always) the troubles between men and women. It's fascinating to watch how Rock improvises with each crowd, and their differing reactions. Thankfully, the effect never becomes tiresome or overdone, and as always it's Rock's passionate delivery, razor-sharp timing, and fearless take on life that take center stage.
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