Will Smith decks Chris Rock at the Academy Awards

[joberg]

Weinstein
Polanski
Sheen
Spacey
Smollett
Baldwin
Miller (Ezra)
Smith

I don't understand people saying that so and so actor/sportsman or others are their role model My only role model were my parents...period! As we can see by that list; those people are not the ones you should respect/emulate

 

[Bigdaddy]

The best aspect of the slap is the creation of this thread, the people that started out having no interest but comment every day is ironic. Keep it going folks!

 

[Captain Dunsel]

I don't understand people saying that so and so actor/sportsman or others are their role model My only role model were my parents...period! As we can see by that list; those people are not the ones you should respect/emulate

Look no further for evidence of the strange idolization of celebrity than by doing a search for all of the”RIP” threads, right here on the RPF, where members go on at length about their heartache regarding the loss of a person who never even knew that they existed and who they essentially watched through a one-way mirrored window and never interacted with.

It’s pretty bizarre to listen to people eulogize celebrities that they never even knew while at the same time hardly paying any attention to the passing of non-celebrities in their own communities, or where they work, etc.

 

[Wolfsburg]

Well obviously if it’s a celebrity you thought was funny/talented/grew up watching/etc, it’s not so weird to have an affinity for them even if you didn’t personally know them. As opposed to someone in your community you had never even seen, heard of or otherwise left no impact on you, I don’t find it bizarre at all.

 

[dascoyne]

Hell, add flat out murder to the list for someone and the difference is the same.

Those guys all disgraced themselves, yes. However, none of them did it in front of a billion people, live, during the Academy's sole, and the industry's biggest event of the year. There is a difference.

If you get a DUI saturday night after being out with friends, you're not going to lose your job over it. However, if you get a DUI while on the clock and your way back from lunch - you're fired.

What each has in common is the degree of impunity with which they acted, and the system that supports them as a protected class.

Regardless if it was in public or private each was flaunting their privilege.

 

[Psab keel]

Marking the death of an actor whose work meant something to you is no different than commenting on a musician whose music affected you in some way by acknowledging the effect their music had on your life. Talking about them or the work itself has nothing to do with the actor/ musician hearing your praise so much as an intellectual exercise in the discussion of art which is for the benefit of those having the conversation. No one here honestly believes that the "Happy Birthday Mark Hamill" thread is actually known to Mark Hamill. It's just a fun gesture to entertain ourselves.

Likewise commenting on headline news, whether it's as asinine as one celebrity slapping another for the world to see seems to suggest that it's only acceptable for "experts" to weigh in on such matters and no one else is entitled speak of it. If it's truly that absurd for fans to acknowledge interest in certain celebrities for good or ill, then it's equally as absurd for any of us to obsess over each scratch and dent of a single movie prop. An object even the Acadeny Awards doesn't acknowledge but we at theRPF spend thousands of hours/ dollars researching and replicating as if our lives depended on it. Entertainment and art are created for the sole purpose of stimulating intellect. Their entire function is to convey ideas in creative ways. They aren't essential to survival so to laugh at their absurdity is only stating the obvious.

I think some of us want to think of ourselves as above such "petty" or "insignificant" matters but I know I'm just as guilty as the rest by caring more than I should. It's ridiculous honestly. Lol

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Yeah, the point I was attempting to make in my prior post (#183) came out somewhat poorly expressed, on my part.

 

[yaris]

Commenting on a celebrity's passing or behaviour is not actually about the celebrity......it's more about our connection to that person.....like most things in life it's about ourselves and how we define behaviour or remembering something that brings joy or distaste.

A famous actor dies and we feel loss because of the connection, not per say the person themselves....the connection has died.

When a famous person does something dumb, it's the feeling of disappointment, they let us down or betrayed our trust on some level....the connection is spoiled.

Humans be crazy......

 

[Darth Lars]

Pfft. I read this thread for the memes ...

 

[joberg]

Look no further for evidence of the strange idolization of celebrity than by doing a search for all of the”RIP” threads, right here on the RPF, where members go on at length about their heartache regarding the loss of a person who never even knew that they existed and who they essentially watched through a one-way mirrored window and never interacted with.

It’s pretty bizarre to listen to people eulogize celebrities that they never even knew while at the same time hardly paying any attention to the passing of non-celebrities in their own communities, or where they work, etc.

I do on occasion for actors/singers or others who I liked in their roles/movies that moved me That is: the emotions and the way they interpreted the writer's story is why I'll put my 2 cents worth in a "RIP Thread"...Sometimes it's just a decent thing to do...

 

[joberg]

 

[bwayne64]

Too funny !

 

[ghostryder]

 

[bwayne64]

Should a some guy come out of the audience, and slap silly Will for this crack, ; )

P.S. Had to censor my original post. Possible mistaken " micro agression ",
Carry on !

 

[Psab keel]

If anything this should be considered a crime of fashion.

Thanks, I'll be here all week....

 

[bwayne64]

If anything this should be considered a crime of fashion.

Thanks, I'll be here all week....

Yes no doubt, LOL.

 

[drusselmeyer]

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Tony Fauci is so tough he made Chuck Norris wear TWO masks!

 

[bwayne64]

Tony Fauci is so tough he made Chuck Norris wear TWO masks!

Nobody makes Chuck do anything, especially that little yahoo ! ; )

 

[Moviefreak]

Watch it guys. When it comes to bringing up that Dr, you are treading into political waters. Two sides have two different opinions of him. We don’t need any fights erupting, people getting banned and this thread being locked.

 

[edge10]

Commenting on a celebrity's passing or behaviour is not actually about the celebrity......it's more about our connection to that person.....like most things in life it's about ourselves and how we define behaviour or remembering something that brings joy or distaste.

A famous actor dies and we feel loss because of the connection, not per say the person themselves....the connection has died.

When a famous person does something dumb, it's the feeling of disappointment, they let us down or betrayed our trust on some level....the connection is spoiled.

Humans be crazy......

You mean a eulogy isn't really for the person in the box to hear? Go figure!