The Open Book Podcast w Jay & Nia Floyd
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The Open Book Podcast w Jay & Nia Floyd
Jamie Foxx and the Art of Public Transparency
Can laughter really bring you to tears while offering profound life lessons? Jamie Foxx's recent comedy special does just that, blending humor with emotional resonance in a way that echoes the genius of legends like Richard Pryor and Martin Lawrence. We dive into the incredible performances, particularly the heartwarming moments shared on stage between Jamie and his daughter. As the public grapples with rumors and speculation following Jamie's health scare, we dissect the weight of expectations placed on celebrities to share personal narratives. Through this lens, we explore how Jamie's transparency contrasts with the private approaches of stars like Martin Lawrence and Beyoncé, and marvel at his graceful navigation of public attention and misinformation.
Health is more than just physical; it's a complex tapestry woven from personal stories, societal dynamics, and identity. Our conversation traverses these landscapes, reflecting on how aspects like race and gender frame our health experiences, from childhood to adulthood. Jamie’s journey becomes a touchstone for broader discussions on the interplay between personal health and societal context, highlighting the unique challenges faced by diverse demographics. As we explore these themes, we invite you to join us in our ongoing series of thought-provoking discussions, where we uncover the layers of identity, health, and public life.
What's up y'all? We are here on a mobile quick review for the Open Book Podcast of the Jamie Foxx Show. What had happened was we just finished watching it. It's something that we had on the docket for a while. We, like yo, we got to get to this. We knew we had to watch it. We are, we, you know our family we will. I will say, me and Bae as a couple, we watch a lot of good comedy specials. Yeah, we do, and we have when we have, and you know I grew up on this was like a mainstay in our household, watching these kind of specials, stand-up specials, so.
Speaker 1:But I was just telling Bae, like you know to know to finish that like it was so powerful, moving, bring you to tears, have you rolling. Honestly, I remember watching Richard Pryor live on the Sunset Strip, watching Bill Cosby himself some of the greatest of all time, even the one that Jamie Foxx is honoring Martin Lawrence Runtel that, yeah, it's up there with those. To me, eddie Murphy Raw, it's up there with those, in my opinion, because it's so funny, yeah, and so moving. It's very emotional At the same time, like I literally was rolling and couldn't stop laughing but was also crying and couldn't stop crying in the same special.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I mean, you know it's to see him in the space that he is now and to watch him relive that. It's tough. It's tough to watch, but, um, it was so powerful to to be, for him to be able to share his story and feel safe enough to allow his emotions to be what they were and to bring his daughter out and to have her play and perform together. It was very moving and all of the jokes were hilarious and he was right, everybody did. Even after the special, it was so many people that came back and still said that he was cloned. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Do y'all believe in cloning? Do y'all believe this is happening to people? Hit our Facebook page and tell us? Do y'all think that? I mean because we see people saying that all the time.
Speaker 2:All the time About everybody right.
Speaker 1:I'm a little shocked on this one, right? Because you know like when people said Dave Chappelle was a clone, I was like I don't believe in that stuff. But I can see why y'all would say that he do seem like an entirely different person.
Speaker 2:He looks different, his body's different, his voice is different. Yeah, but Jamie Foxx?
Speaker 1:is exactly the same, like I different about it. I mean he just look a little older.
Speaker 2:And I mean, you know he had a couple of twitches and things on, you know, as he was going through, but I mean he had a stroke. It's like I think so many people get caught up. I mean, yes, these people have very public lives, but sometimes just shut up, I mean everything don't need to be voiced. It's you know, it's so many things out there, you see, and it just be like like everybody got an opinion about everything.
Speaker 1:it's like you, it's fine for you to have an opinion, but you ain't gotta blast it everywhere you go.
Speaker 2:It's like, just let people be like. You know people go through some real serious stuff and everybody got an opinion on what it is trying to track them down, you know trying to had a viral moment, and you know it don't even really be that deep for real, like move on, just move on, just move on.
Speaker 1:One thing I will say, though. I think, in all fairness, when you are a public persona who has made a living off you know the public showing you love and giving you their money. Yeah, people do have a vested interest in your life, but I don't think you need to be like. I think the way it worked out for Jamie is the way it should work right. When he had an emergency, he went to the hospital. His family kept the press away. I think people need to stay away in the moment to let them deal with it privately, but I do think, as a public persona, you do have a responsibility to come back and tell your audience what happened when you can't, and I thought Jamie did a great job of doing that.
Speaker 2:I don't believe that. I personally don't believe that. I don't feel. I feel like if I want to share it, I will, but if I don't want to share it I'm not going to.
Speaker 1:I feel that but even if you don't share it, people going to try to crack in because that's how your life is set up. Now People are going. So I think I thought Jamie, and I think like the last thing that he did, where he said you know, if y'all still out there calling me a clone F you. But then he said, no, I don't want to end it like that. If y'all prayed for me and gave me good words, thank you. I thought that was the perfect way to address it, because there are people who do have a vested interest in your life and the details of it out of a loving way, and I thought he did a great job through the whole program of showing those people I love you back. Thank you for all the support. Here's what happened to me. I know you want to know. I thought he did a great job and still saying some people were saying the wrong thing, Some people was disrespecting my sister did a good job keeping them out and TMZ want to run with the wrong type of stuff.
Speaker 2:I thought he did a really good job of circling the whole thing. In my opinion, yeah, he did good, but I mean I also feel like Martin. I mean you know everybody, what's wrong with Martin? Something wrong with Martin and he came on and was like I'm good and left it at that, like you don't have to. I mean, look at Beyonce. She never comes out and says anything and let people say whatever it is that they think, and they still support her. They still. Some people hate her, some people love her, most people love her and I mean it just is what it is. She is who she is, regardless of what people think or have to say. I mean, even with this whole JC situation, you know they, she didn. She didn't, came on and said nothing.
Speaker 1:She didn't say anything when we fought. She didn't say anything in the video in the elevator.
Speaker 2:She never says anything and that's because you know that's her prerogative. She don't have to and I just kind of I feel like that. I mean I don't have to say anything. You can either support me or not, but I don't have to. You know, I'm going to be who I am, I'm going to put out this music. You don't have to buy it, I don't owe anybody anything. So you know, you purchasing my music or you come and watch my movie or whatever, you having interest in me is because that's something that you want and I don't. I mean, I just that's me. I don't feel like I owe anybody anything and I'm not, you know, obviously, my family, but like just if I'm famous and you know I mean.
Speaker 1:But that's like I said that's me.
Speaker 2:I don't feel like I need to buy into that.
Speaker 1:I definitely can understand that. I don't agree with it. I don't think it can be ever that one-sided. I don't think that's just the way. It's never going to work evenly that way. I do understand that, though, and I think a lot of people want that. I think Beyonce has cultivated that kind of thing. I think a lot of it depends on the kind of relationship you have with your fan base. Some of it is an authentic, loving relationship like what we saw play out with Jamie and that audience in Atlanta and maybe a lot of comedians would be that way where you have a growing kind of evolving relationship, one-on-one, with people and they come out to see you and they talk back to you, and you talk back to them and you see them in public. So you know there is a relationship there.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know. Well, I mean, I understand that. But I mean, even then you look at the beehive, it's formed by people. She's never come out and said anything about the beehive being formed, being created, being representing her. She's never come out and said a thing you know. So it's just kind of it can go both ways.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think it can. But yo shout out to Jamie Really dope to see him doing well he did a really good job.
Speaker 2:It was nice to see him sing and see him play and you know do all the different characters. It was really really good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I thought he showed everything. He showed everything that he's got. He showed that he still got it. I think everybody would have loved him even if he didn't still have all of it, but he still got all of it and I thought that was dope. I thought he was really honest to talk about the details of him not being able to walk. I mean it was very reminiscent of Richard Pryor to me, richard Pryor telling on stage what happened to him when he burnt up and how he had to have people bathe him and he couldn't walk and couldn't talk and people reported that he died in the news. I thought it was extremely reminiscent of that. I thought it was really dope, very honest, to talk about exactly what happened. I thought it was really dope, very honest, you know, to talk about exactly what happened. I thought it was really good. It brought his daughter out and it tore me up. Really good, really good.
Speaker 1:Great job, jamie Foxx man. Excellent transparency, honesty and talent. His talent is through the roof and always has been. That dude is a dude. I think it matches up well with his first special what was the name of that one when he was playing the piano? I can't remember the name of it, but it was. I know we watched it a bajillion times because I think I was always so surprised at how musically talented he was, but I think a lot of people were surprised at how funny he was, stand-up wise. Yeah, I can't remember the name of it, but it was way back late 90s. He was playing the piano on stage, just like he was in this one. This was before all of the albums and all of that stuff. It was a bookend to that. That was the beginning and this was the newer version of that. Yeah, there you go. I think that's it. I don't know, does it have years on those?
Speaker 2:93, 97.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it probably was 90. I don't know, I don't know. Y'all Let me know if y'all know what was the stand-up special he did on stage where he told jokes, played the piano and all that. But yo, I couldn't wait for him to do Ray. Yeah, I know, but he did Ray Charles.
Speaker 2:I was like yo yeah, man, jamie had so many hits. You know, any Given Sunday was one of my favorites.
Speaker 1:Yes, that was your joint, all of them were.
Speaker 2:I mean, he's just a phenomenal talent and it was so nice to be able to see him shine his light after you know him being quiet and you know him going through a health issue. So I'm going to segue into our next show.
Speaker 1:It's actually going to be about health.
Speaker 2:It's going to be about health, where we talk about you know looks like for some people and what the aftermath of that looks like, and so, yeah, it was really nice to see what the aftermath of that looks like for Jamie.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so stay tuned with us. We're going to hit on health. I think we probably have two or three shows out of that, because there's physical health, there's mental health, there's all of that stuff, and we're going to address it. What does it look for us? What has our journey been like? What is it to deal with that in marriage? What is it to deal with that in individual life? What is it to deal with that when you're black? What is it to deal with that when you're a woman, when you're a man, when you got kids, all of that man, these things that we got to start to talk about as a community and as a family man, what are you bringing with you from your past?
Speaker 1:from your youth, your childhood, what you bringing with you. Look at that. So stay tuned with us, y'all. But thanks for chopping it up with us about my man, eric Bishop, aka Jamie.
Speaker 2:Folks. See, we can keep it nice and short and sweet.
Speaker 1:You know, yeah, this was one of our scenes.
Speaker 2:Alright.
