Conan O'Brien will receive one of the most coveted awards in comedy on Sunday — but the annual event takes place at a tense time for the Kennedy Center.
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I sincerely hope so. Free speech and our constitutional rights are at risk! He is not "The Savior". He is the Con Artist, Rapist, and Liar....Seeker of Power, Money, and Fame running with his Boy Band of sycophants. Can you tell I'm pissed!
Yes, they will. Comedians have always been among the most reliable when it comes to making fun of the powerful. Besides, Trump is an easy target and the jokes write themselves.
I'm sure Conan feels like he stepped on a rake. He definitely feels too honored by the gesture to kick the whole thing to the curb. Although, if Trump maybe decided to host it too, that would probably be the tipping point.
“I want to thank everyone involved with the Kennedy Center, or as it will soon be known, The Tea Party Bowling Alley and Rifle Range.” - Tina Fey, accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2010
People mad about this just wait until you find out what Coca-cola, big box stores, large retailers, car companies, and the mobile phone carrier companies do with your money. You aren't living outside of helping the Republicans now.
The right thing to do would be to send a member of each of the communities of which the current administration is trying to diminish and/or destroy - which at this point would be a stage full of people - to accept Conan's award and say their piece one at a time.
And I realize that's a pipe dream, so let's hope Conan at least comes out and speaks some truths (if he's not threatened behind the curtains beforehand).
Because humor is the best weapon against Trump: it’s his biggest weakness. Doing it in a shrine to the arts he has tried to claim for himself? *chef’s kiss*
The Mark Twain Prize, awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, should not be presented at the venue responsible for presenting the prize. Not sure how it would happen in another venue.
I can’t imagine that you can imagine receiving a lifetime accolade comparable to The Mark Twain Prize and then giving it up to make a meaningless point. I’ll have to take you at your assertion. Be well, Be kind.
Conan has always tried to stay apolitical and that's kinda disappointing in this day and age. I hope he will at least respond to the takeover and not treat this award show as par for the course
Unless this is a brutal roast of the Musk/Trump presidency, Conan should decline the honor. His peers can acknowledge him better by giving the middle finger to Big Orange. the Kennedys will understand.
I’m all for boycotts but in this case I see an opportunity for every single speaker to roast the Musk/Trump administration with all the cameras on. I say go and make some good trouble.
Damn, if they do have to be at the Kennedy Center and Trump is in attendance, I hope they at least cook his ass on how fucking stupid and worthless he is to the point that he wants to deport them all and it makes him look like even more of a fuck face then he already is.
I would protest by not even showing up. Maybe all the speakers will use their time to trash Donny. But the show is a taped event and if that happens the recording will never see the light of day.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts holds the rights to organize and host the event, which has been an annual tradition since 1998. So yes, pretty impossible.
Correct. As with last years award there’s a contract in place with Netflix to air it so moving to another venue isn’t feasible. I do hope the comedians take the opportunity to acknowledge Trump’s takeover.
Boycott the Kennedy center. But if for some reason you cant, then just make sure everyone brings their most vile but truthful jokes about the orange monster. On second thought, boycott for sure. I will not watch any comedian ever again if they attend. But that's just me😁
The Kennedy Center might consider canceling his appearance. If he chose to fully unleash his sardonic wit, he could do so in vicious fashion. And on second thought he should go for it in more ways than one.
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That would show them!! Boycott the Kennedy Center!!!
Pleaseeeeee!😉.
The US is one step shy of a civil war, and you’re gonna honour someone in the orange turd king’s lair.
We will remember who & what they did with their 5 minutes of fame.
If there was a moment in the modern age when our very nation’s existence was at stake, 2025 is that moment.
We will not forget, we will not forgive.
The only option is to absolutely destroy them and then end with a stark declaration on the fascist wholesale of the US.
BOYCOTT The Kennedy Center!!!
No, because many of them are obviously corrupt or have other financial interests and are more afraid than ever before.
Which it is now.