Martin Lawrence appeared glazed and emotionally strained in a recent interview discussing a personal loss, prompting speculation about his health. The commentary draws parallels to how Chadwick Boseman's health was handled and argues that Black audiences need warnings before uncomfortable moments so they can process rather than react instinctively.
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They're doing a press run, and I know you guys have seen the videos, but there was an interview that they did and Martin was just like stuck, right? This is what he giving. 'Cause when he was doing, like, I wish I had that interview that first went viral when he was staring there and he was like, his eyes was glossy and he was trying to say, you know, my brother died. And so somebody died or somebody. And I was like, oh my God, you know, the Lord forgive me. We were trying to do him like we were doing Chadwick Boseman, but you know, Black folks, we laugh first, ask questions later. So if you don't tell us what's going on, we're not going to assume something is going on. We're gonna judge it at face value. Prewarn us so we can pre-warn our natural instinct. Just like it's our natural instinct to run when somebody say run, it's our natural instinct to just start laughing when we see something funny. And then we'll just ask God for forgiveness when we done.