The Combat Jack Show Thread

[sneakaprince]

Bruh….1000% this

I be, bewildered

Same fam.

My girl watches that **** and it gives me a headache just hearing it.

You would think a show about thick black strippers is an easy sell but they made it so cringe. I just know there's other races watching thinking this is what our culture really looks like and it isn't.

 

[Magic33]

I felt lied too. I think Plies had the same reaction. A show about strippers could have been easy to do just based on drama in the strippers lives, but they went way over the top.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Andrew Schulz Reacts to Joe Budden Dissing Him - YouTube



1stwitit degenerate423

 

[degenerate423]

Andrew Schulz Reacts to Joe Budden Dissing Him - YouTube



1stwitit degenerate423

I think folks in here have the same issue with Schulz that Joe does, which is he comments on (and jokes about) black topics and then aligns himself with “conservative” white guys like Joe Rogan.

 

[Mark Antony]

Like Adam he enjoys the benefit of being connected to black entertainment spaces but will be happy to downplay black social issues in those white conservative spaces. I see ****** cheer that **** on though so best of luck with all that.

 

[1stwitit]

I don’t care who aligns with what, it’s all entertainment to me. Podcast wars are corny to me, i pay it no mind.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Same fam.

My girl watches that **** and it gives me a headache just hearing it.

You would think a show about thick black strippers is an easy sell but they made it so cringe. I just know there's other races watching thinking this is what our culture really looks like and it isn't.

Me and this chick I was dealing at the time started watching it when it first came out. It was cool for like the few episodes then of course the weirdo **** started. I was like nah I'm good.

 

[finessence]

My only issue with P Valley is that they show the worst elements of our culture. I know it's meant to uplift the black LGBTQ community etc but doing it this way isn't it. There's plenty of "out" hood dudes. They had to make homie DL, a rapper, a drug dealer, and a gang member to get people to "accept" him.

Then you add in the scripting messy story telling etc. That **** just gives me a headache. I'm happy for that dude that plays Lil Murda. For all we know that could very well be the next Michael K Williams.

I'm sure he catches slack for his character but I have to believe he getting a big bag and it's a huge look in terms of young black viewers.

Michael K/Omar’s character wasn’t on the DL though. He was out in the open with it. The whole hood was aware. They’d even make derogatory jokes about him. The wire is just a completely different and better written show.

This Murda character, especially in modern times, you mean to tell me NOBODY in the hood knows? Not even the strippers? In real life that Uncle Clifford dude would’ve been exposed him. He’s as talkative as it gets, with the advent of social media, in relation to the show, that Murda dude would’ve been outed a longgggg time ago.


Murda’s character is definitely believable and nothing new, but they way they portray his character just doesn’t make any sense.

 

[tokes99]

Michael K/Omar’s character wasn’t on the DL though. He was out in the open with it. The whole hood was aware. They’d even make derogatory jokes about him. The wire is just a completely different and better written show.

This Murda character, especially in modern times, you mean to tell me NOBODY in the hood knows? Not even the strippers? In real life that Uncle Clifford dude would’ve been exposed him. He’s as talkative as it gets, with the advent of social media, in relation to the show, that Murda dude would’ve been outed a longgggg time ago.


Murda’s character is definitely believable and nothing new, but they way they portray his character just doesn’t make any sense.

definitely agreed. it’s all subtext, you don’t get any idea of what it would mean to be what his character is, there isn’t much exposition on the show about who he is or how/if he even has to deal with this circumstance, or if he feels a way about it…really it is kinda not even an issue to the point the murda character sincerely offers to take the openly flamboyantly gay uncle clifford character on a date out in public in their supposedly conservative fictional southern town but the uncle clifford dude declines on the grounds that it wouldn’t be acceptable to other people…even tho the uncle clifford character is in superhero drag queen mode around this same town at least 50% of the show with seemingly no problems

it’s funny because they actually did start off with the idea that folk were aware/talking about the murda dude being , his boy/manager actually does mention it as being a problem for them in term of him being a rapper & i think there was even a scene wherein someone sees them driving from out the the back woods behind the club?

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Michael K/Omar’s character wasn’t on the DL though. He was out in the open with it. The whole hood was aware. They’d even make derogatory jokes about him. The wire is just a completely different and better written show.

This Murda character, especially in modern times, you mean to tell me NOBODY in the hood knows? Not even the strippers? In real life that Uncle Clifford dude would’ve been exposed him. He’s as talkative as it gets, with the advent of social media, in relation to the show, that Murda dude would’ve been outed a longgggg time ago.


Murda’s character is definitely believable and nothing new, but they way they portray his character just doesn’t make any sense.

He definitely ain't the next Michael K.

His character is real over the top, stereotypical. I remember when they introduced his character in the 1st season, pretty much the only point of his character was to be a undercover thug. Noting lke Omar at all. Omar had a lot more to his character.

 

[sneakaprince]

Hey I only made the Michael K comparison because of the gay characters on TV and the stress that probably comes with it in real life.

I do get all your points about how Omar is totally different from Lil Murda.

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Hey I only made the Michael K comparison because of the gay characters on TV and the stress that probably comes with it in real life.

I do get all your points about how Omar is totally different from Lil Murda.

Michael K played like 12 gay roles in his career. Not sure he would have kept taking those roles if that much stress came w/ em

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

Y’all lost for even having an in depth convo about P Valley

 

[sneakaprince]

Y’all lost for even having an in depth convo about P Valley

I mean from a culture perspective P Valley is big enough that it can't be ignored.

I hate that we gotta talk about it but I can acknowledge it's cultural relevance. Same with Empire when it was popping.

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

I mean from a culture perspective P Valley is big enough that it can't be ignored.

I hate that we gotta talk about it but I can acknowledge it's cultural relevance. Same with Empire when it was popping.

And it should be treated like Power and Empire off rip.

Don’t know how anybody saw any part of s1 and could form a comparison to The Wire

Or the opening for the first ep of s2

 

[sneakaprince]

And it should be treated like Power and Empire off rip.

Don’t know how anybody saw any part of s1 and could form a comparison to The Wire

Or the opening for the first ep of s2

I feel you. Although Power had the wire like comparisons in it's first season.

I don't know if any current shows are doing as good of a job at exploring the complexity of black culture in terms of street **** as Yhe Wire.

My only real comparison is the possibly straight black man playing a gay "hood" character. Murda is no Omar and he isn't written in a way that's really comparable other than the fact that they both be bending dudes over ( I guess).


VARNELL HILL you brought up a good point though Michael K ended up playing quite a few gay roles in his career. I think during the later years it was well known that he was Bi. Idk if many people were saying that back in 05/06 when The Wire was really at its peak.

 

[Magic33]

I don’t care who aligns with what, it’s all entertainment to me. Podcast wars are corny to me, i pay it no mind.

I have a problem with the propaganda you push while you do the fair and balanced hear both sides routine.

 

[Magic33]

Michael K played like 12 gay roles in his career. Not sure he would have kept taking those roles if that much stress came w/ em

Michael K was gay or bi in real life, so I suspect that and him taking drug addict roles were his form of therapy. Not sure if it worked or made things worse considering...

 

[a blinkin]

Michael K/Omar’s character wasn’t on the DL though. He was out in the open with it. The whole hood was aware. They’d even make derogatory jokes about him. The wire is just a completely different and better written show.

This Murda character, especially in modern times, you mean to tell me NOBODY in the hood knows? Not even the strippers? In real life that Uncle Clifford dude would’ve been exposed him. He’s as talkative as it gets, with the advent of social media, in relation to the show, that Murda dude would’ve been outed a longgggg time ago.


Murda’s character is definitely believable and nothing new, but they way they portray his character just doesn’t make any sense.

Told y’all before… it doesn’t happen often, but from time to time my ***** Grimey be making sense.

 

[finessence]

Stall me out a blinkin I’m suffering. Stuck in this no mans land of a thread… yall need to make a Hip Hip about nothing part 2 so I can grab my throne. Wavy in there unregulated, smh. Spewing nonsense per usual

 

[a blinkin]

Nah for real though, Free Grimey, b

 

[tomdiginson]

Methodical Management Give our brother finessence another chance. He's not too right in the head at times due to all the K2, but he's trying to clean himself up. If we giving cat fishing imposter posters a second chance, he surely deserves another. He's learned his lesson. He won't be betting what he don't have no more.

 

[finessence]

Methodical Management Give our brother finessence another chance. He's not too right in the head at times due to all the K2, but he's trying to clean himself up. If we giving cat fishing imposter posters a second chance, he surely deserves another.

They pick and choose my brother. All the racist stuff that gets spewed and people not even contributing to dialogues… it’s all good

 

[1stwitit]

I have a problem with the propaganda you push while you do the fair and balanced hear both sides routine.

I can dig it. I look at them like I do professional athletes, I watch the game but I couldn’t care less about personal life/contracts etc.

 

[Magic33]

Math is going in to questionable territory having Caesar from Black Ink on the show.

Dude sounds like a moron talking about his daughters situation and being mislabeled. Bro, we saw you beat the **** out of a dog, so nobody is going to think you're innocent.