Will Smith decks Chris Rock at the Academy Awards

[bwayne64]

LOL. Triggered.

 

[Galactican]

The Nobel Prize ceremonies are broadcast live over here in the countries where they are awarded. They are very dull though.

Just imagine if they had a headline like, "Kip Thorne shocked: "Stephen Hawking ran over my foot!""

 

[Galactican]

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And a new category:

Best slap of the year (at an Award ceremony)

 

[dascoyne]

I wonder if there's enough collective outrage at Will's privilege for someone to start chanting "GI Jane" when Will or Jada make their next public appearance?

If he is smart he will lay low.

Then again, most people really don't care.

 

[joberg]

I know that it "goes with the territory" being a popular star (of any Art, in general): you lose part of your privacy in your day-to-day life.
Just dealing with the Paparazzi is already APITA in itself Then, when you have to deal with a constant barrage of jokes, from comedians or on-line (memes) someone has to have a very tough skin to roll through the punches.
True, the Wills made their private life available and public...wrong moves if you cherish some kind of privacy.

 

[Psab keel]

I just feel that if you're truly concerned with privacy, you don't air your personal life to the world by writing a book about it. Plus it's never warranted to hit a person over a bad joke. Whatever Smith is dealing with in his personal life doesn't excuse him from assaulting someone. He just made a huge mistake in front of millions but that's part of the price he paid for his success that his every move is scrutinized. Often times celebrities do horrible things outside the public eye. I'm not suggesting that he's not entitled to any privacy, but when you freely offer too much of yourself to everyone it's bound to have consequences.

 

[bwayne64]

I wonder if anything will happen to the Fresh Prince, or will it just be another, Jussie Smollet. White male privilege, indeed !

 

[dascoyne]

 

[Psab keel]

The longer this goes on, the worse Smith looks and the worse the Academy looks.

 

[HeartBlade]

Well this is juicy material for youtubers, newspapers, etc. The Oscars have been just boring material so the slap, for better or worse, did "reinvigorate" the Oscars.

I still agree with others that its just public masturbation as celebrities at this point as they get up on stage, talk about how we can be better, privilege, and lecture about social responsibility and whatnot to us "peasants" before going back to their multi-million homes and continue making bad movies for millions of dollars a year.

I dont disagree with the concept theoretically. Musicians, special effects, animators, costume designers who bring these fantastical worlds to life do deserve credit and getting a televised appearance in front of the camera when they are usually the ones behind the camera is a nice reward but thats not what the Oscars are anymore. Hell, its not even really about what was the best movie or who was the best actor of that year. Its who has the best connections and checkbook or was in line and "due" their oscar.

 

[dascoyne]

 

[Ron]

Standing ovations, clapping . . . There is a strong herd mentality to that. And the whole event is so performative. Doing the wrong thing in a public setting can easily wreck a celeb's career (see also: Smith, Will). This stuff is not a justification to ignore a violent attack per se. But it's an incentive to keep your mouth shut and not rock the boat until you know all the facts.

I don't disagree and the herd mentality certainly is a factor I could use to excuse for other audiences. I have no doubt in my mind though that if this particular audience, made up of the Hollywood aristocracy, had seen the video and had time to process it as we have, they would've still given him a standing ovation. Remember, these are the same people that gave Roman Polanski an Oscar and palled around with Weinstein knowing they were both reprehensible people. These are the same people that virtue signal about human rights all the while doing cozy business with China- the biggest human rights violator in the world. These people have no moral compass. I wish Ricky Gervais could host every awards show to constantly reality-check these frauds.

 

[janglesworthy]

this has the best intro for smith.

 

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So Chris Rock standing there like Sheldo Cooper not catching on to Will Smith being mad at him, just waiting to get slapped.
Explains why Rock's body language and smile doesn't alter right up to the slap landing.

 

[robn1]

 

[Psab keel]

"What did the five fingers say to the face?" - Rick James

 

[dascoyne]

 

[bwayne64]

Sorry self censored

 

[Paladin74]

It wasn't staged and really, there was no call for it. Rock stated he didn't know Jada was suffering from alopecia but even if she was, so what? He was commenting on the short hair and the joke itself was rather innocuous- if you look closely you can see Smith is laughing with everyone else, but all that changed when he saw the look on Jada's face. If you take into account all of the drama those two have gone through, I saw his next actions as someone looking to prove himself to his loved one, that he could be that 'hard ass' when necessary. People seem to forget she's a hood chick from Baltimore and apparently, the hood never went away. Her smug grin after the slap says it all.

It was totally uncalled for and really, Smith should've been escorted out of the building in handcuffs like anyone else who assaults someone else. On national TV no less! Rock showed himself to be a consummate professional as he didn't break stride, while Smith looked and sounded like an out of control tweener. I lost a good deal of respect for him and I've been a fan of his since his rapping days. This was supposed to be an historic evening, but not for that reason.

 

[ScourgiousJinx]

Perhaps this is yet another sign that people should stop revering actors so much and caring about their personal lives? That the concept of celebrity/movie star should drastically change? Maybe have some good come from this instead of a continued flood of tabloid bs as it got old before well before it happened.