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.Compton-Rock hopes to expand theorganization to help women returning to the workforce inother U.S.states.MORE MOVIESIn 2002, the year Rock s first daughter was born, several mov-ies featuring Rock were released.He was one of several come-dians featured in a documentary called Comedian, directedby Christian Charles.The film followed Jerry Seinfeld s careerfor a year after the end of his sitcom.It chronicled Seinfeld sdevelopment of a new standup routine, from trying it out insmall comedy clubs to putting on a national show.ParallelingSeinfeld s path, the movie also followed a lesser-known come-dian named Orny Adams.Throughout the movie, viewersmet other stand-up comics, including Chris Rock, Jay Leno,Robert Klein, Bill Cosby, and Colin Quinn.The movie received 60CHRIS ROCKmainly positive reviews from the critics, most of whom agreedthat it offered an insightful look at what it took to be a suc-cessful comedian.Rolling Stone magazine said Comedian was an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of makingpeople laugh. Bad Company, an action comedy, also opened in 2002.In this movie, Rock played a hustler who has to fill in as aCIA agent for his brother, who was killed in the line of duty.Anthony Hopkins also starred in the film.The movie wasshot in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, which Rockenjoyed very much.He was able to explore the city to findmusic stores in which to browse, one of his favorite pastimes.Originally, Bad Company was scheduled to be released inNovember 2001, but because of the September 11 attacks, themovie did not premiere until the following June.The subwayscenes in the movie became some of the last scenes ever to befilmed at the World Trade Center.Bad Company received neg-ative reviews from film critics, who often cited a poor scriptand weak performances from Hopkins and Rock.DIRECTED BY CHRIS ROCKOn March 28, 2003, Head of State, which Rock wrote with AliLeRoi, opened in theaters.Rock also produced, starred in, andmade his directorial debut with this film.It came out just afterRock received a star on Hollywood s Walk of Fame.In Headof State, Rock played Mays Gilliam, a presidential candidatechosen to run after the original candidate is killed.Bernie Maccostars as Rock s brother, Mitch.Rock first got the idea for the movie in 1984 when theDemocrats, worried that they could not win against theRepublican ticket of Ronald Reagan and George H.W.Bush,ran Geraldine Ferraro with Walter Mondale, creating a his-toric first with a woman vice presidential candidate.Rockused movies like Dr.Strangelove and The Hudsucker Proxy asinfluences for Head of State. 61The Family ManChris Rock portrayed the presidential candidate Mays Gilliam in the2003 film Head of State.Rock made his directorial debut with the film.He also cowrote it with Ali LeRoi.The film provided Rock with aplatform to present his views on voting and elections in America.Rock and LeRoi traveled to Washington D.C., where theystayed at the Four Seasons Hotel to work on the script.Whilein Washington, the writing team talked to several politicians,hoping to gain insight to aid their writing.Rock did not meetwith either President George W.Bush or former President BillClinton.But he had attended some of the same functions asClinton, and Rock has respect for him.Rock likes that Clintonis a regular person who doesn t try to be more than that.Rock duplicated that quality in the character he played.Col-laborating with LeRoi led to plenty of laughter during the 62CHRIS ROCKwriting process, so Rock felt that the script would translatewell onto the screen.Rock used the movie to present his ideas about electionsand voting in the United States.Because only half of Ameri-cans vote in an election in a good year, Rock wanted to explorewhat could happen if another 40 percent of the people voted.His character, Mays, and Mays s brother, Mitch, direct theircampaign to that percentage of Americans who do not vote
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