Forget about the Academy Awards, Chris Rock would be my last choice to host a nose picking contest in the middle of a Kansas cornfield - although I think this would be more his speed. Regardless of the gratuitous bum kissing he receives from critics who are too politically correctly constipated to form a lucid opinion, Chris Rock is one of the most spectacularly unfunny comedians ever to clomp onto a stage. Aside from his mean spirited, exclusive and distancing approach to humor, he also has a very jerky, shrill delivery that sets my nerves on edge. And apparently his expressions are as limited as his material since he appears to be either in a state of incensed surprise or self satisfied smugness at all times. Other comedians have the ability to take on the same kind of material and deliver the same message without totally alienating a portion of the audience Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor to name two. It is obvious that Rock either does not have this ability or simply enjoys slamming people as they sit like robots laughing uncomfortably. Personally I think he gets off on the later not to mention, makes a great living doing so. Its ironic that just as the film industry and the Academy Awards are finally getting around to being inclusive of just about every race, creed and color scheme, good material is coming along and long overdue voices are being heard - they choose to take a giant step backward by inviting a comedian whose solitary purpose appears to be to drive people farther apart. How brilliant!