So why did Will Smith punch Chris Rock?

[Fosty]

Something about G.I. Jane... I don't get it.

[Your_White_Knight]

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Can't have those any more...

The golden age of having a thick skin and being able to laugh at yourself is long gone. *sigh*

Now everyone melts and has a breakdown because "words hurt"

Obviously mere humor is now a catalyst for violence and should be treated as such, don't you know the jesters were the most feared in medieval courts :emofdr:

Agree if you're truly being sarcastic.

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Thankfully these people aren't in charge... but I fear someday they will.

Unfortunately sooner then we think.... or want.... if one claims to be sane.

Things like this incident just help it creep into the masses psyche subconsciously under the guise of "entertainment".... if Hollywood doesn't self destruct first.

[Your_White_Knight]

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People keep saying this but to what end ?

The oscars have been hemorrhaging viewers for years. This will get you watching next year. Chris Rock’s tickets are more expensive, and alopecia gets more awareness. Jack *confused seal noises* will happen to Will Smith.

Well this year is only the second lowest viewer count since last year's lowest... and what viewers?

Jerry Springer viewers?
WWE viewers?
MTV's Jackass viewers?

Wow... that's setting the bar high for getting more viewers to watch who gets punched next...

Hate to tell you... more then not "Hollywood" is bashing Will for that stunt... he might keep his Oscar but he's probably never getting another one... and in two weeks nobody will remember it, him, or alopecia... and rightly so.

[TruebornJester]

No . People have been making bald jokes for millenia.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

Nah. Chris should have told the joke and then hit Will.
That would have been way funnier.

[Angel]

When I first saw it I thought yes however after thinking about it, no.
He's a comedian and they are known to pick at people and roast them as a joke. He's intentions were just to make people laugh and entertain people and even Will was laughing at him. I do think Will had a right to stand up for his wife but he shouldn't have slapped Chris.

[FatalError]

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Comedians feeling like they aren’t safe making ableist “jokes” in public is a good thing.

and the clown award goes toooo

[☎need4naiim☎]

If i were in his shoes, i wouldn't have gotten that punch. Because, it was certain that Will wasn't gonna embrace me on stage.

Of course, this would have made Mr. Smith even more angry and possibly he would have tried other moves. All in all, his fame would have been torn apart, along with his pants, before he could get off that stage.

[cassette]

it's all staged
oscars have been losing viewership steadily for the past decade
just let it die already

[White Knight]

This grumpy disabled person appreciated seeing it. I come from a blue-collar town, that's what people used to call "real life consequences".

Also, if Will Smith was in the habit of slapping everyone who said something he didn't like, he'd be in jail by now. This was obviously something that had built up over the past few years. I suspect that everyone involved knew that Chris Rock had it coming, and that's why it played out exactly as it did?

[nullpo]

A few years ago i would say resounding no. But now after losing some body parts and even one time a stand up comedian made fun of me I think I can relate will being uncomfortable that someone made fun of his wife with her illness even if it doesn't have ill intention. Still slapping him is a bit too much and airing complain in private is better.

[Gus the Crocodile]

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airing complain in private is better.

The behaviour wasn’t in private, so I don’t see why it’s owed the courtesy of a private rebuke. We should stop worrying about being nice to aresholes.

[Irene ❤]

Definitely not. Like what angel said, those jokes are designed to roast people. Everyone was laughing and it does not lower anyone's reputation because it's a joke.

Also it's common sense - nobody should be assaulted. A slap, punch, even a split of saliva is consider an assault.

If the jokes are bad, then the speaker did a bad job. If you can't perform at work, your colleague or boss does not have the right to slap you.

Imagine it is not Will smith but a nobody. Or a random. For example the camera man joked about a staff member and the staff slapped the camera man.

Everyone's reaction will be 'hey can you 2 get off from here? we're running an awards ceremony. They might be sued as well. Compensation for making a negative scene on the stage for glory.

Don't let a celebrity's popularity blind you. They are the same as everyone, just having a job to do. They have no power or privilege. That slap is undeserved, is wrong in every reason, but I think everything is staged.

[Apexnexius]

Another tragic aspect of this is that once again black on black violence is tolerated by so many, even by Hollywood !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBONvFxkCPU

"We are not the cool club any more"


Love Jim. I love have he immediately shuts down the host when she says that "it escalated*.

[White Knight]

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PS: Anyone find this guy funny?

Should he have been smacked for this?

(Everything's funny until they start making fun of you and yours, it seems. Hypocrisy.)

Apples and oranges. You provided a clip of a very young Will Smith making a bald joke to someone who was having a good time. Chris Rock was mocking Jada Smith about her alopecia, and he has been doing it for years (or so I read yesterday).

Among their crowd of Hollywood elites, there's no chance he didn't know about her condition, and I'd be willing to bet both of The Smiths have had words with him about it before.

I know a guy with alopecia, and it was pretty hard for him to deal with. He wasn't a world famous actor with a multi-million dollar career on the line either. Why would anyone think tormenting a sick woman was funny?

[skOsH♥]

I'm not sure, as I don't give the Oscars a single wink of my time. That being said, I would like to address as many of these comments as possible, so we can stop focusing on something as insignificant as the Oscars.

I did hear the backstory, and I think if Will had just done a roast of Chris Rock right then and there and did a "right-back-at-ya" kind of thing, it would have been just as effective, without resorting to violence.

The Oscars is nothing but a bunch of already famous people jerkin each other off anyway and clapping for each other. Meh.

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She herself has said to be "proud" of her bald head. If she doesn't want to be a victim, she can buy a new, unique, gorgeous hairstyle every single day of the year and not even repeat one.

People shouldn't be a victim if it's something as superficial as looks, and they shouldn't feel forced to change their appearance just to avoid being made fun of. Look at Chantelle Whitney Brown-Young....yes, I had to look her up, as I had forgotten her name, but there's a condition that can't really be fixed with money at all.

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I mean, he's Chris Rock. I don't even have to know what he did to tell you he's got decades of justified slaps in the backlog.

Agreed.

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I'm sure she has the money for a hair transplant or a wig.

Sometimes hair transplants don't work, and then you're just left with a bunch of scars on your head, which can be even worse.

Also, didn't Robert de Niro say "f*** Trump" a few years back at the Oscars, but everyone gets their panties in a bunch when people say "Let's go Brandon"? Seriously...people should just...live their own lives.

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it's all staged
oscars have been losing viewership steadily for the past decade
just let it die already

^ I'll leave it at this. I agree.