Having only just begun their Australian tour, it looks like Tenacious D have gone on instant hiatus, if not imploded completely….
“(Kyle) Gass was speaking just hours after the attempted assassination of one of the most powerful and polarising political figures in the world today.
“Don’t miss Trump next time,” he said when his actor-singer bandmate Jack Black asked if he had a birthday wish…..
….Jack Black, a Hollywood actor whose work and risk of professional backlash extend way beyond Tenacious D’s tour, when he took to social media on Tuesday to declare Gass had blindsided him with the Trump remark.
“I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black wrote. “After much reflection, I no longer feel it is appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour, and all future creative plans are on hold. I am grateful to the fans for their support and understanding.”
Lotsa annoyed Oz fans; the responses online have been along the lines of “Oh man. A joke in bad taste but still just a joke. Australia, what’s going on, you’re turning into America.” or “What a sell out. Own your jokes. People paid air fare and hotels for this.”
Not the first time there’s been trouble at t’mill: https://www.theguardian.com/music/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/17/tenacious-d-and-the-dixie-chicks-know-the-cost-of-speaking-up-but-theres-nothing-funny-about-political-violence
You hit the nail on the head there about Jack’s concern about his Hollywood career..
Yes, it wasn’t the cleverest of things to say in public. A catastrophically inappropriate comment.
But there must have been millions thinking exactly the same thing.
A heartfelt apology would have sufficed.
Many of Trump’s followers are now wearing ear bandages in hommage to their great leader. You couldn’t make it up.
Is the Ear Bandage an update of the lost shoe in Life Of Brian?
It’s A sign, rather than holding a sandal in the air to denote devotion, a band-aid on the lughole shows support of the chosen one
He’s not the messiah – he’s a piece of shit.
And worryingly soon likely to be the leader of what remains of the “free” world
I doubt Jack was unaware of the sentiment or the intention to say what was said. “What do you wish for” was the set up line. What he didn’t anticipate was maybe that it wouldn’t get out or at least not to America.
Damage control.
He’d be a bit dim if he thought such a comment wasn’t going to get splashed all over social media within seconds in this day and age
He was a bit dim to forget he was traveling in Jack Black’s Cadillac and the press would be hungry for a story.
The social climate for the Orange Jesus is now such that you would have got away with this up to a couple of months ago, but with the cascade of good luck for King Grift, LOTS of people are positioning themselves for the next 4 years, and a big rightward change in social climate in the USA. See Europe.
The only silver lining here is we don’t have to listen to Tenacious D’s appalling music anymore
Tenacious X
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/18/just-missed-german-comedian-loses-job-over-trump-shooting-joke