The squandered talent of Chris Rock.

This articulates best why seeing the previews of Bad Company depressed me. This was from the Boston Globe...

True, [Chris] Rock isn't much of an actor (of course, you could say the same about
a lot of well-paid actors these days), but he's something even better - smart
and daring. He's never been just funny; his humor is always injected with
intelligence and outrage. That's what made his stand-up routines and monologues
so memorable, and it's probably what attracted filmmakers to him in the first
place.

In interviews, Rock has said he wants to create a franchise like Mike
Myers's ''Austin Powers'' films. He's also written a political comedy, ''Head
of State,'' in which he will star and make his directorial debut. Since his
fingerprints were all over ''The Chris Rock Show,'' maybe Rock will be better
served by more creative control. Let's hope so. Otherwise, Hollywood, left
to its own devices, might forever consign him to smart-mouth Negro roles,
requiring nothing more than tepid Eddie Griffin-doing-Chris Tucker-doing-Martin
Lawrence-doing-Eddie Murphy shtick.