Monique - lets boycott Netflix for Racism and Sexism

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Is Monique even funny?

Her schtick has been the obnoxious, sassy, fat chick who gon "tell you bout yourself boo boo kitty...mmm hmmm"

When she isnt doing that she's harping on and on about how proud she is to be a big bytch(Not true) while throwing salt at skinny bytches. IT always stinks of cringey insecurity

there are little to no memorable jokes.
 
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Defeated people pretending to be strong, is sad

I didn't do any of that...but ok.
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That surprises me only because Wanda seems to have a higher profile than Monique.

But as to Monique's claims, she is funny but fact is she's not hot/relevant. Even at her peak she was still mainly a "black entertainer", how many black people do you hear talking about her currently or wishing for a new Monique special? Amy ain't funny but she's big right now - it is what it is.

Monique either should have tried to negotiate something better for herself or humbled herself and used this as an opportunity to get popping again. If she put out a funny stand up on Netflix, WOM would have been great promotion for it and she may have gotten new looks from the industry that could open the door to new roles or more specials. I don't care what industry you're in, how high up you think you are, sometimes you gotta take a "step back" to make that next leap forward.
"black entertainer," like "black employee", "black entrepreneurs", "black woman" and "black male" still has a stigma that justifies non-equal payment, treatment, and opportunity
Like already mentioned in a different thread, Black folks themselves have embraced the stigma, as this thread clearly shows
 

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Defeated people pretending to be strong, is sad


smh

"black entertainer," like "black employee", "black entrepreneurs", "black woman" and "black male" still has a stigma that justifies non-equal payment, treatment, and opportunity
Like already mentioned in a different thread, Black folks themselves have embraced the stigma, as this thread clearly shows
Nothing about that was me talking about her getting an offer as that's not the argument in this thread - she got an offer. It's about how much she's worth.

Now how much is she worth? That I can't tell you but the bottom line is she's not hot or popular enough - and never was - to warrant judging her offer based on comparisons to the comics she name dropped. Y'all want to play victim on this, please be my guest. Netflix is about ROI, they gave a woman more and black people more - her argument is naught.

If Monique had an equivalent past 3-4 year run to Amy and this was the offer that came up, we'd have a discussion. Her resume might have been what got her an offer in the first place, it's up to her to parlay step one into bigger paydays down the line. This is nothing new in Hollywood, when you're no longer top billing, your booking fee falls, regardless of resume. You think Halle berry is still getting $20M a role?

I'm done with this convo cuz some of y'all love to embrace victimization in circumstances where it's dollars and cents. If mo wants more money, power to her, but basing her current value on chappelle, rock, and schumer shows a lack of self awareness.
 

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Her schtick has been the obnoxious, sassy, fat chick who gon "tell you bout yourself boo boo kitty...mmm hmmm"

When she isnt doing that she's harping on and on about how proud she is to be a big bytch(Not true) while throwing salt at skinny bytches. IT always stinks of cringey insecurity

there are little to no memorable jokes.
Yup pretty much. She even had the nerve to say shes the most decorated comedian alive :francis:......Whoopi Goldberg has an Emmy, Tony, Grammy, and an Oscar.
 

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There are no 90,000 seat arenas. That poster is a clown/troll. The biggest arenas in the country probably have a capacity of less than 25k. Even if he confused “arenas” with stadiums, he knows good and well that the queens of comedy didn’t sell out any stadiums.
until you know their tour success and stats, your not qualified to speak on it can you?
 

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She can easily solve this if shes as relevant as she thinks she is and is worth more then the 500k simply figure out where you have the most fans at(which shouldnt be hard if your actively touring) get the biggest venue you can sell out and record your own special and put it on youtube for a fee, then go to Netflix with the numbers.
 
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Nothing about that was me talking about her getting an offer as that's not the argument in this thread - she got an offer. It's about how much she's worth.
Now how much is she worth? That I can't tell you but the bottom line is she's not hot or popular enough - and never was - to warrant judging her offer based on comparisons to the comics she name dropped. Y'all want to play victim on this, please be my guest. Netflix is about ROI, they gave a woman more and black people more - her argument is naught.
If Monique had an equivalent past 3-4 year run to Amy and this was the offer that came up, we'd have a discussion. Her resume might have been what got her an offer in the first place, it's up to her to parlay step one into bigger paydays down the line. This is nothing new in Hollywood, when you're no longer top billing, your booking fee falls, regardless of resume. You think Halle berry is still getting $20M a role?
I'm done with this convo cuz some of y'all love to embrace victimization in circumstances where it's dollars and cents. If mo wants more money, power to her, but basing her current value on chappelle, rock, and schumer shows a lack of self awareness.
Stop it. I ask you a simple question about the critieria you're using to prove that Monique is wrong, you couldn't verify it. Then you proceed to lie about not using that criteria, but then use the same criteria to ask whether she's worth the offer

You, just like the rest, are making up shyt, that has nothing to do with what Monique is talking about, but instead has more to do with what you feel is justified treatment/compensation for "black entertainers

Don't be coward talmbowt yall embracing victimization, while you're clearly trying not to satisfy some stereotype and label of folks that are willing to make accusations of discrimination

Don't be conveniently obtuse to think mainstream media coverage and you personally seeing/hearing what a person does, will only prove whether they're "hot", doing tours, or making bank. Look at the list of top comics making money and with a following, but not necessarily known to the average person. This applies to designers, musicians and even in other industries. Netflix approach Monique and attended her shows, before making an offer

Monique mention Dave, Rock, and Amy to get an understanding of Netflix's criteria, not to say they don't deserve their money or that she deserved equal or more pay. Like you, they couldn't verify/justify their critieria, so that's the problem. She says all of this in the interview and instagram post, but yet clowns like you still feel comfortable making up shyt, talmbowt whether Hallie Berry getting $20m. silly
 
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