He hasn't been on since Wednesday, his status says banned and his profile page doesn't exist.
I skirt the line with my bants and blogposting yet I'm still here, so he must've done something even wilder to get the hammer.He hasn't been on since Wednesday, his status says banned and his profile page doesn't exist.
Obviously I don't know what's in the head of any of these Hollywood nutjobs but I think that if it was staged then Smith wouldn't have laughed at the joke. Looked to me like a previously humiliated man who saw an impromptu opportunity to show a woman who doesn't respect him that he's a badass.That slap was as real as this one. It was a staged bit between the two of them.
I don't think he needed to let Rock's joke end the entire evening for them but if he had simply stood up and shouted "Too far! NOT funny!" and then sat back down it would have gotten the point across, put Rock in his place, and allowed him and his wife to still enjoy the evening with a shred of decorum.If I was Will Smith, I would have gotten my family together and just got up and left. Your power in this life is to walk away from anything.
/\THIS 100%/\I don't think he needed to let Rock's joke end the entire evening for them but if he had simply stood up and shouted "Too far! NOT funny!" and then sat back down it would have gotten the point across, put Rock in his place, and allowed him and his wife to still enjoy the evening with a shred of decorum.
I still think Jada should have just owned the flattering GI Jane reference. She could have winked at Rock and made like she was shooting him with her finger and come across as a confident and badass woman.
Yeah, that's all true. I still love it tho.Obviously I don't know what's in the head of any of these Hollywood nutjobs but I think that if it was staged then Smith wouldn't have laughed at the joke. Looked to me like a previously humiliated man who saw an impromptu opportunity to show a woman who doesn't respect him that he's a badass.
Crazy that the show opened with Amy Schumer telling her two black co-hosts "I'm here to represent white ladies who call the police when the two of you get too loud."
Fast forward to WHAM and "TAKE MY WIFE'S NAME OUT YO ****ING MOUF!"
It can be a fine line -- I don't actually think Rock crossed it. The joke had no real teeth.Chris Rock has nothing to apologize for. He was just doing what he does. Comedians are supposed to go after other people's flaws and shortcomings.
Really good observation here, and a reflection of how "staged" and careful something like this has to be. I'm sure Smith had to quickly play out this scenario in his mind with a consideration of the perception and implications. If it was genuine, and felt genuine, I would have a lot more understanding and appreciation for the guy. But he's a professional actor, so I guess I can't criticize him too much for acting like he's outraged when someone insults his wife.Hollywood is very woke and this could have all spun out even uglier if Jada Pinkett was white, or if Will Smith was white and known as a Conservative or if Chris Rock was LGBT or a woman.
Straight white guy hitting a straight black guy at the Oscars? ( Are we going to pretend that a situation like that isn't a whole other different animal?)
Straight known Conservative hitting a well known liberal person at the Oscars? ( Are we going to pretend that a situation like that isn't a whole other different animal?)
Straight white guy hitting gay black guy at the Oscars? ( Are we going to pretend that a situation like that isn't a whole other different animal?)
Two straight black guys fighting over the honor of a white woman at the Oscars? ( Are we going to pretend that a situation like that isn't a whole other different animal?)
Can you see how this could have all gotten far far uglier in the mainstream media once you hit certain identity politics trigger points.
Part of the problem here is there is a clear matrix of how much people are supposed to be offended based on Hollywood's own insane unspoken rules about which group should be protected and which groups should be more of a victim and in what order and which groups should always be persecuted.
Still think Smith's most powerful response would be to just get up and leave the Oscars period and never return. In fact, never go to another awards show or do another interview again.
Can't believe there are actually people on the internet defending what he did.
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