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Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

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[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 404 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (33 children)

Thankfully, it's not the commentary I was afraid he'd offered. JB sounds spineless in this, it was a joke and an honest expression of the very real existential fear people feel towards Trump rule.

I fucking hate this. Trump gets on mic everyday to wish death on some innocent groups of people but we're fucking forbidden from joking about it towards him?

Edit: I hope everyone who downvotes me gets very peacefully and nonviolently re-educated.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It closely echoes what I thought at the time. "Do not miss, or do not take the shot." As Yoda said, "There is no try."

[–] WhyFlip@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One of the stupidest quotes in the history of quotes.

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Agreed. I like it anyway.

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