Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock - Let's Talk About It
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He slaps a man for making a joke and 5 minutes later he’s saying he wants to be a vessel of love 🤣
Exactly. What a joke.
That sums up Hollywood's real morals in a nutshell. Totally full of shit. Glad everyone got to see it!
As John Lovitz used to say...ACTING! THANK YOU!....
Props to Chris for keeping his composure and being as professional as you can be after such an insult. He turned the other cheek.
Yes agree with you here.
Yep, Chris truly is a rock.
Me and Chris at the same time: “Wow dude, really?”
He tried his best but he was clearly flustered.
That's why Will used his open hand ✋ Paper beats Rock
Like many comedians, Chris Rock is smart and quick on his feet. His "I could've line" where he stopped himself...he was thinking of a thing or two he could've said that would've destroyed Smith, but he backed away. I'm impressed with how well Chris handled that moment.
@Chad Dickens How do you mean? Was he still visibly upset?
IF Will had any balls he would stand up to his unfaithful wife and laugh in her face.
I don't think he has any.
well polygamy does exist…
@@chance1774
That doesn't mean Will is happy with an open relationship. His wife is cold, thin skinned and obviously wears the pants in the family. Also, it's not strictly speaking polygamy.
@@richardsantanna5398 none of us can say exactly though because we don’t know them personally. wish more people would remember that.
it's such a weird take to "whatabout" their affair here. in normal world, we would see a dude still fighting for his wife despite their difficulties. in the capitalist hellscape we actually live in, he's a cuck that's simping for the mother of his children. to me, the real man is the person fighting for their family.
Poor Will it’s so obviously a last ditch attempt to save his masculinity and yet it only made him look like a child.
Pretty sure "cuck" was trending for a while the next day, so yeah, this didn't do him any favors
He looked like an aggressive, angry guy who made an impulsive decision to salvage a relationship, leave children out of it.
I think he did it because he didn't think Chris Rock's joke was acceptable.....
This culture would never, ever understand concepts such as respect and honor....
He’s been waiting to release that rage since CZcams Rewind
I _might_ understand the visceral reaction if Chris Rock's joke was mean-spirited, but it really wasn't. It was just a throwaway line. Other people there had far harsher jokes made at their expense.
Methinks the Smith family regards themselves quite highly, particularly the matriarch.
One can interpret the joke as being in bad taste (exploiting someone's illness) but one can also interpret it as being complimentary, considering G.I. Jane was a badass character. It would have taken Jade to own her hairstyle, like she is pretending to do in public, to choose the second interpretation rather than the former. Even if she felt the former more, she should have extended a charitable interpretation towards the joke. I guess she did not see the latter at all. If these oh-so virtuous actors, who like to educate the public about how to behave, had just an iota of the goodness they are trying to portray, they would react magnanimously in such situations.
GI Jane is a badass! It's like comparing her to Furiosa, just more dated. It's not even an insult at all. The entire joke is just "hey your hair is short"
Terrence Malick was really smart by avoiding the Hollywood spotlight
Chris' "I could've" means, "i couldve ended your carreer with 1 joke"
If you listen to his interviews, he is extremely sharp and quick witted.
He is a genius at narrowing people down to a sentence, and at spotting their insecurities.
He could've said a comeback that would have humiliated Will.
And Will could've beaten the s#it out of chris, but chris would eventually recover from his injuries and Will would never recover from that public humiliaton.
But chris chose to be the bigger man.
Will Smith is a snowflake. He has lost his credentials
That's incredibly over-dramatic
Chris came out of this smelling like roses; his fame and bankability went up and he will be able to dine out on this story for years. Will Smith on the other hand came off like a washed up psycho along the same lines as Mel Gibson or David Hassellhoff when they went off the rails.
@@darnellmajor9016 Yeah it's interesting that comedians are paid to be themselves and actors are paid to be someone else. It says a lot. Most actors don't have much in the way of real personalities. They are just wearing masks all the time.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I think it's because most acting projects are speaking AT the viewer and not with them. That's why actors from the horror genre seem so isolated from the rest of Hollywood. It's because the genre is speaking to US mostly and not the out of touch side of society.
I’m confused as Will Smith originally laughed at Rock’s joke (he laughed out loud). Jada didn’t laugh and gave Rock a look. When did Will get offended? That’s a real 180 to go from laughing to physically assaulting/cursing out someone in a span of 30 seconds?
He got offended when his wife told him to get offended. He is a joke.
It reminds me of a husband and wife out at dinner, and the wife tells the husband some guy looked at her funny, and what is he going to do about it? Man, I'm glad I'm single.
Not saying this is what happened cuz I’m not a mind reader but nervous and anger laughing is a response that can be somewhat involuntary. I’ve seen people laugh at times that their actual feelings were completely different. Still should not have happened. Comedians are one of the last lines of defense against tyranny.
I think Will was hoping that Jada would laugh it off and not be humiliated, so he was trying to help her do that. When he saw that wasn't happening, he had to be confrontational. Unfortunately, he took it too far, but Chris did deserve a response for humiliating someone who's going through a rough situation in public.
@@nunyabizness9787 Nope, fuck that last sentence. Will and Jada broadcasted their problems to the world. Chris made an extremely tame joke that had nothing to do with those problems. The Smiths made their bed and then refused to lay in it
I gotta say that your take on Will Smith's persona is the best I've heard regarding this whole fiasco. For all these years, I always had positive nostalgic memories of Will Smith, but it never sat completely right. But somehow in less than 20 minutes, you encapsulated exactly what it was. His true colors are now shown and you put it out on display vividly. Kudos
Between deepfocuslens, Dr. Grande, and Candace Owens, I feel like those three kind of pinpointed what's up with Will Smith.
I never really liked the guy. I could see through his paper thin persona his whole career. Anyone desperate for fame enough to play a gay hustler in one of his early film roles has to be Will-ing to do just about anything.
Chris Rock was remarkable now he handled that situation. Massive respect to him.
Loved the moment he said “I coulda” and my brain finished his sentence “roasted you for days but I’m going to keep things cool”.
@@timetheory84 Great point. I think he has to. That moment is forever. Man he has so much material to work with on the Smiths. They're a public joke and he should make an example of them.
Very insightful. Hollywood has become such a bubble in itself compared to the rest of the country. It's so detached from reality which is why it seemed okay for everyone to stand up for him and applaud while he was accepting the award even after that incredibly awkward, shocking moment. Anywhere else and at any other time, there's no way that would've happened. It's just too unnatural. Also, when you said "desperation and delusion" at the end that somehow made me think of Mulholland Drive. That whole concept which was integrated in that movie still applies very much to Hollywood these days more than ever, as was evident on Oscar night this year...
Can we all just agree that Will Smith totally slaps?
Yeah I agree with your assessment of Will Smith. Dude has problems and let out his demons on Chris Rock -- poor Chris,... who really is the farthest thing from being the source of Smith's marital problems. That's why Will Smith almost started crying -- because he knew he hit Chris Rock, and truly, Chris wasn't the issue. It was Smith's own failing identity; as a man, his masculinity, and otherwise.
He didn't feel bad. In his speech he apologized to everyone except Chris. Articles are coming out now that he apologized. Not sure if that's after the ceremony, the next day, or backstage, but it's moot since he didn't do it publicly. He partied hard at the after party as if nothing happened. Will did not have a care in the world.
@@crobeastness He did feel bad. Not about Chris Rock, but about what he had done to his image and reputation. He desperately tried to laugh off his actions as being excusable by all the nonsense he uttered before, but I think one could clearly tell that he wasn't happy about what he had done to himself.
"Jada has been quite a peice of work for some time..." is such a deeper insult than Chris Rock.. 😅
In general, your cutting honesty and insight is poetic 🤌🏻addictive, cathartic and refreshing at the same time. Love it 😍
I can’t believe some people are actually defending Will Smith. And these are the same people who probably liked Ricky Gervais roasting everyone at the Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais is a piece of work himself.
I think everyone who laughed at Gervais’ jokes are also laughing at Will right now too
It is 2022, I can't believe you can't believe people aren't out batting for Smith!
no, don't get it twisted most of the support is coming from the left. I would've thought the right would have been more up at arms but no they are anti-cancel culture and this is cancel culture. "words are violence" is a motto of the left and if words are violence then responding with physical violence is appropriate.
@@theatricult a lot of people on the right are only anti-cancel culture when it suits their narrative. Whenever it’s a liberal who gets canceled they don’t say shit
This may be one of my favorite commentaries you’ve ever done. Also a hardcore film buff that never watches the Oscars.
Same. I love the art and craft of filmmaking, but at this point, I couldn't care less about watching the pretentious, preening peacocks for multiple hours...
I like seeing the hard work and skill that goes into making a movie rewarded. Which is why I watch the Academy Awards.
I loved how after the slap Chris Rock turned into a surfer bro, "Dude it was a GI Jane joke"
i’ve always thought will smith was a sociopath, dude is just clearly a big narcissist that always wants to be in the spotlight, last night’s incident proves that point. also i’ve noticed that in this particular award season he always says the same thing in speeches and interviews regarding the king richard movie, how he feels the obligation to protect the women around him (in a very weird way) which i think was kinda his philosophy behind that slap, protecting his wife and appearing to be the hero over a lowbrow joke, at the fucking oscars, dude is just out of his mind.
Nahh foo you sayin that cus he black be fr
🤣 dang even DeepFocusLens is covering this. 👏🏻👏🏻
""God hath chosen me to be a vessel for the masses, a river for my people."" Will, this isn't the Ten Commandments. COme on, how many people saw King Richard last year. Will is a good actor but certainly not great, I can think of other more accomplished ones.
Honestly, he deserved the recognition for movies like The Pursuit of Happyness, I Am Legend or Concussion. I'm sure King Richarr was very well made, but I have absolutely no interest, and it doesn't surprise me at all that the Acadamy would be drooling all over it. It's definitely their "type."
"Welcome to Earth" ✋🏾
Lol
🤜🏽 👽
It would’ve been more awkward if Chris Rock got knocked out 😂
Your talk on this whole matter is the best I have heard about the matter, and of the Oscar show in general.
When Will said what Denzel had told him about the “devil coming for you” when you’re on top, I don’t think he knew what he meant. It was a supportive and light chastisement, whereas to him it seemed like he believed it was “the other guy.”
😆 😆 😆
The whole thing was unprofessional on Will Smith's part .
More than anything I just find it surreal that Will Smith can physically assault someone on live TV and not have any repercussions whatsoever. If anyone who isn’t a millionaire did that their ass would get tossed in jail within a fucking New York second.
go a step further: if any pale face had done that, all hell woulda break loose
His is having repercussions. The mass virtue signaling and fake outrage is unprecedented. He knocked the Ukraine war out of the headlines.
@@Anatolij86 To use woke logic against itself, if I may, there were many levels of privelege that protected his actions.
That and it was staged.
Seen a few of your vids. This one made me a subscriber, I like your commentary and perspectives you offer.
Chris Rock is .. .. a comedian 🤣 ! Will , needs to chill.
it gave me very strong Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler on Letterman vibes
Surfing CZcams and came across this video. Enjoyed the intelligent and calm talk. Sounded like a person that knew what she wanted to say and not just winging it.
No tic tock stupidity.
Curious to hear the movie reviews.
Will check out as my time allows.
Really liked that there is no no long brand intro to the videos.
I see so many 2 minute intro for 5 minute video.
Or the title is misleading.
Short intros are ok but people tend to overdue them.
Can't speak for others but I prefer when people say what they wanna cover and get into what they have to say.
Overall I like the format and the honest opinion in the video.
He went Kanye krazy.
No class Fresh Prince…no class…
Yep, Fresh Prince thinks he can beat Mike Tyson, might as well take a shot at Chris too.
Will Smith committed assault. What I found completely surreal is that after he totally disrupted the ceremony, assaulted the presenter and started screaming "f#$*%" on national television he was allowed to remain in place - and then, an hour later, he was awarded Best Actor where he tearfully proclaimed his desire to be "a vessel of love." Any responsible organization would have had security immediately escort him out of the building (they could have cut to a commercial and done it off camera). But he's a movie star who doesn't have to live under the same laws as the rest of us. This was such elitist b.s. on so many levels. By allowing Smith to remain the Academy was basically condoning violence - what else could you call it? The Oscars is a Woke/tribal mess that preaches its nonsense to the world but can't differentiate right from wrong.
He also got 6 minutes of uninterrupted speech time meanwhile they started playing music after about 40ish seconds during the best costume designer speech.
You've summarized my exact thoughts. He deserves actual consequences, his actions were absolutely repugnant just because his big man pride was activated when Chris made a comment about his wife. I guess you can screw Will Smith's wife but you can't make jokes about her.
Preach brotha
Couldn't have sand it better.
Black Privilege. Elite Privilege. Fame Privilege.
I thought it was staged until I just saw the thing in real-time. The moment was shocking.
I agree with everything said here about the probable effect of personal matters on Will Smith.
However, the Academy’s tradition of bringing comedians in to host specifically to roast actors for like two hours has always been problematic to me. Actors are often fragile to begin with, often have constantly wrecked personal lives and it’s always seemed inappropriate to have these people getting “roasted” on national television. It seems like this is the kind of thing that would just happen at an after party.
I agree except with your sympathy for actors getting roasted. They only get upset if they created their own problems or they can't handle anything but praise. Everyone has issues, but normal folks are expected to handle adversary maturely. Celebrities just bitch and moan, and they get babied for it. They don't get roasted nearly enough.
@@jeepersmcgee3466 I think you need to get roasted in front of hundreds of your colleagues, friends, family and the globe once and feel the outrage of that before casting judgement.
Honestly, the fact their egos are fragile is precisely why they need to be stripped down to size now and then as far as I'm concerned. It's like the court jester needing to be free to roast and criticize the king without getting his head chopped off in order to keep everyone humble and grounded in reality, except these people aren't royalty, and that joke was pretty tame.
@@Tyler_W When the actions being made fun of are completely about choices made I see your point. However, is it really roasting when the underlying issue is a medical condition that the person has little to no control of though or is it actually bullying?
“Comedy” can quickly devolve into bullying and no one wants generally wants to explore that.
The absolute craziest shit i've seen on live TV. The fact that it was Will Smith who did it as well. Absolutely bonkers, he seems real unstable.
Hopefully he gets better but who knows, that relationship PLUS scientology sounds like a tough environment to get healthy in.
I'm so glad you did this video and said all the things I feared would go unsaid/unheard about this bizarre moment in these bizarre times.
The video came from Japanese television. ABC muted Smith's curses.
I’ve never thought about that, the fact that his family is literally a business and image is everything to that family. Made me think about the Oldboy movie that Smith and Spielberg were going to make, which probably didn’t happen because both didn’t want their images tainted. The fact that Smith won an Oscar minutes after assaulting Rock with no repercussions whatsoever, that’s power.
That's PRIVILEGE.
Isn't he what BLM are fighting against? Ha! Ha!
The best analysis of what happened that I've heard/read so far. Thanks and kept doing what you're doing.
I am a cinephile and I do look forward to the Oscars every year, but understand why you don't though :) This moment ruined the whole show, the major awards that followed this did not even matter anymore, the atmosphere was so strange. Neither did those great wins that came before the incident. Everyone only remembers this stupid unhinged moment. The moment where everyone cheers for Troy Kotsur should have been one of the highlights of the evening, but no, that has been taken away from him by mister Will Smith. I also can't believe how many people are siding with Will and even seem to herald him for his actions. People are literally commenting about how Chris Rock deserved it and that Will did a good job...like WHAT... Anyone who watches the Oscars, knows that a part of the Oscars is that the hosts or in this case the presenter, make jokes about the people in the industry...that's just part of the fun. I think many who just watched the clips and are not films fans/don't know the Oscars at all don't understand that and feel like it was really personal (not you, I realize you understand these type of award shows). But Will Smith was in the wrong here and anyone who defends him is crazy...hitting someone, assaulting someone over a joke? What standards are we setting here? And that in front of a star studded audience, amidst 50 cameras and a massive audience all over the world...nah. There were jokes about J.K Simmons, Kirsten Dunst, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dame Judy Dench, Ridley Scott and more, but they don't go up and slap the person who makes the joke. And the joke was not that bad, G.I Jane is played by Demi Moore and she rocks the buzz cut in that film, on top of that it is a movie related joke and while distasteful if Rock knew, still not something worthy of assaulting someone over...I think one of the problems is that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are so used to their private lives being out there through social media, books, and shows that they think they are the main characters in this world who everyone knows everything about...well I think most did not know about the alopecia, it looks like she has a normal buzz cut, and it might be the case Chris Rock did not know about it either...he does not seem like the type to be all over their Instagram and Tik Tok and the Red table talk show. Their talkshow where they talk about very private matters does make it easy for people to make memes, and to talk about you in a certain way they wouldn't would they not have access to highly personal information. Anyway Will Smith very much was in the wrong, his speech afterwards was hypocritical and cringeworthy, and he should not have been applauded in the way he was. And yeah he did not apologize, his speech was a narcissistic, hypocritical, and cringeworthy attempt at an excuse, I was rooting for Will to win the Oscar but after the incident I would not have clapped if I had been in that venue.
Your comment was too long to read. But one millisecond of a tap slap can't ruin a show. Live shows rarely go to plan. He didn't, stomp Chris in the face where he needed to be carried off in a stretcher. Nor, was it deemed serious enough that Will was asked to be escorted out of the building. The incident with Ricky Gervais and Robert Downey Jr was just as controversial but no one complained about it ruining the show.
@@upfulsoul826 Uhmm...yes a slap, and quite a hard one in my opinion can ruin a show...on top of that Will Smith also yelled at Chris Rock at the top of his lungs. Achievements of the night were overshadowed. And what are we talking about? Not films, not winners, but Smith vs. Rock. I think it would have been right to escort Will out but they knew he was going to win one of the most important awards of the night and apparently some deemed his actions to be okay, so he could stay.
And are you seriously comparing the Gervais vs. Downey Jr incident to this incident? Those were just pre-written jokes, and guess what? Downey Jr. did not lose his temper and did not assault Gervais, neither did he yell at him, so I don't think it is comparable at all. However, if we would compare the two, the Smith vs. Rock incident is way more controversial because the other incident could be brushed off as a joke that was staged, while this clearly wasn't staged and involves physical violence.
I agree with you 100%. I do. Fuck Will Smith. But here’s a tip if you’re gonna write a long comment on the internet: use paragraphs and indentations. It just looks more pleasing to the eye and more people will read what you have to say.
There was plenty of other cringe-worthy stuff, like, what was with that slow-jam hip-hop beat they put underneath Nino Rota’s iconic score for The Godfather ? The Academy felt it necessary to update it for the kids ? Makes sense. And that In Memoriam … sheesh. Happy dancing and upbeat music as they show all the dead people on a screen off in the distance. If I were in Hollywood, after seeing that, I would stipulate in my will that I be left off the Oscar death sheet.
I recently canceled my Patreon subscription to allocate those funds to another creator just cause I have a rotation but I think I'll reconsider that move after this video.
Your insight is consistently on point. If you're ever in Alberta, you're one of my top 10 people I wanna smoke a joint with.
Love your take on this! Thanks so much for all your great content.
This is my favorite of all the videos I've seen so far from this channel. Great
Just discovered your channel. Gotta admit, I really like your point of view and your videos. I recently subscribed and look forward to more of your content. :-)
Honestly almost didn't click on this video because I'm already a little bored of the discourse around this incident but this was really quite interesting, taking this one moment and extrapolating it to be a larger reflection of the broken industry. Good shit.
That speech he gave after winning is so incredibly cringe inducing... agree with everything you said
excellent break down of this unfortunate incident, best deconstruction and insight on youtube, great work!
there’s a lot of layers to this tbh
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We see so many outrageous things in the media nowadays that we may soon forget about this one when we move on to the next. A few years ago on Dancing with the Stars (a live primetime TV show) an audience member ran to the stage and was immediately football-tackled by a security guy, all caught on live TV. It was a stunning viral moment at the time that people talked about for days. Do we still remember it now? Of course not, because we have had so much to feast on since then. Like it or not, sad or not, this kind of thing is "part of the entertainment" now, part of the insanity, part of the diet we consume to amuse ourselves after dinner.
Funny I was actually wondering what you thought of this. Thank you for talking about it
You read my mind better than I thought........Great video
Really appreciate your insight! The “introvert” recoiling at the big fake movie star persona is compelling
Very eloquent thoughts on the ordeal Maggie thank you. Would love to hear your thoughts on more Michael Haneke films, I highly recommend The Piano Teacher, Cache, and Amour.
Thanks for your quick reaction video. It was nice to hear what you thought.
Love your commentary on this. Incredibly funny
You updated your camera I think. The video quality is better than before.
Thank you for your video 🙏😇 kisses from France
Ironic how he wins best actor and gives a speech about how Richard knows the importance of protecting family as if slapping Chris Rock would’ve been in line with Richard's ideology. Yet we all know for damn sure that Richard would not have done something so uncalled for in that particular situation. Will just proved that he doesn't understand the character as well as he thought and he still wins the award for it. The Oscars have become such a joke in recent years and this whole situation embodies the state of Hollywood perfectly.
That's what I thought at first but the Williams sisters seemed moved by the speech so maybe he would have. He did seem to go up on people's faces in the movie so it could be case.
@@crobeastness yeah, but over a bald joke?
@@sprawlz6466 hey I'm with you. I think will Smith was disgusting. In fact i don't even watch anymore future will smith movies again, not just for the slap but for the verbal abuse afterward. He did not act like a 50 year old protecting his wife. He acted like a 5 year who got his teddy bear taken away from him. But he got a standing ovation when he won his award, wasn't escorted out the building after assaulting someone, and was comforted by several celebrities during the commercial break.
@@crobeastness I definitely think he cared more about sending a message than anything else. He wanted to draw the line to make people stop making fun of his wife. But there's two problems with that. First off, it came at the expense of Chris Rock for no reason. Chris Rock didn't deserve that at all, he just happened to be the one that Will Smith chose to make an example out of. And secondly, it didn't work at all. Like I don't know what he was thinking. Since when does watching a 50 year old man seemingly lose control of his emotions command respect? He simply wasn't thinking at all. Like did he picture the public's response to go any differently? A lot of people don't like him now because he looked more like a child than the badass he thought he was. Will Smith is clearly going through some type of crisis right now so I feel like I honestly could've seen this coming, but there's no excuse for the freaking standing ovation he got. Who tf would stand for that man and cheer him on after that? Like my god, those people have no standards
I never could relate to a guy like Will Smith. How perfect he always presented himself. I remember always thinking it was admirable and alien at the same time but it leaning more towards bullshit.
But then this year he came out and he said he was sick of trying to present himself as perfect (for his book).
And so I was ready to get on board with that until I realized at how truthful he was being from interview to interview. It got weird.
And then Jada trying to humiliate him on their podcasts was very strange.
I hate the word simp. But if it applies anywhere it applies here. He is definitely one.
There is nothing wrong with someone treating their significant other like a king or queen. But it has to come from a place of strength. Not a place of desperation and people pleasing. If it comes from the latter you're a simp.
I completely agree with your take. Jada has no sense of humor or humility, and Will is overcompensating for recent allegations that his marriage is anything but perfect. Chris Rock was only doing what they hired him to do, and he handled that situation better than almost anyone could. Will is completely unhinged, and that entire family needs to get a grip on reality. And yes, I would pay to see the few seconds between Will laughing and deciding to confront Chris. Never for a second thought it was staged…felt extremely real the moment it happened. Surprised so many people have that take on it.
Head of nail, meet hammer. Most insightful comments I've heard yet. Well done.
Thank you for putting into words what I've been trying to put into words about Will Smith. Although you're much nicer about it than I am.
Will Smith was just jealous that he wasn't hired to play Marty the zebra.
The whole incident reminded me of Married with Children. Chris Rock was Al Bundy to Will Smith's Jefferson Darcy and Jada Pinkett Smith's Marcy. It was like Al was making fun of Marcy and Jefferson would laugh hysterically. At least until Marcy gave him a dirty look. Then, Jefferson would say, "Now, you cut that out, Al!!!"
Hahahahahaha that's a NEAT parallel
Oh Ms. Deepfocuslens I couldn't agree with you more.
* Piece of work spelled with a capitol C.
Celebrity life can sadly and tragically come with too high a price. Thank you, Sasha, for sharing your thoughts.
I enjoy your insight.
Always on point. Agree with everything...
Man i love listening to you talk! ❤️
Good job on this
I feel like you the whole situation right the head. Really out of all the videos I've seen and people and talk to, this felt brutally honest about the whole situation.
Like you stripped down all the layers and went straight for the jugular.
Very insightful analysis as always 💙
Will is givin the Pristine Academy a lil taste o West Philly!! Gotta admire Chris Rock for keepin it together despite the hurt and awkwardness of it all. As for the joke, I don't think it's that bad. I woulda took GI Jane as a compliment, Demi Moore looked sexxy in that role. Now Demi, that's a classy woman!
This is the best thing to happen to
The Academy Awards.
It wasn’t a good thing.. it brought attention to the Academy Awards for all the wrong reasons.
In short term. But the Oscars are turning into the MTV awards, and the target audience is waning.
I was phrasing the way you'd start the video at the same time you said it "the slap heard round the world"
Besides the slap itself, the most disgusting thing about this is how many people are trying to excuse and consul Will Smith. We currently live in a society where the person who cries and throws a tantrum the loudest is the one who gets the sympathy. It's pathetic and the most backwards thinking of all time.
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this. Crybullying has become a favorite pastime of many thanks in no small part to social media, I think...
Credit to Chris Rock to not fight back or anything like that. But Will Smith definitely acted immature here. It's stupid that the Academy claims they don't condone violence, yet they will give an Oscar to Smith, who slapped Rock and acted out like a child. I don't get why people are 100% by Will Smith when he did what he did.
It was already planned to give the award to Smith. Literally everybody knew that - even him. The Oscars are all planned like that. Nothing real about it. That's why I enjoyed watching this slap - it was probably the only real thing I saw all night lmao.
Rosanne Barr was fired from her own show for making saying something offensive . Not Will, he's deserves a free path.
@@EthanButler uhhh did you even SEE Chris Rock after all that happened? He was stunned and he is not that good of an actor to pull off that whole thing being a stunt. It was real and a very unfortunate incident.
Credit to Chris Rock? It was a pathetic 'joke' at the expense of someone's medical condition. Smith's reaction was OTT but neither man comes out of this looking good.
@@gregevigan there is a clip from the 90’s of Will making fun of a man with allopecia on a talk show. That’s hypocisy for you.
*slaps face of Rock*
"This bad boy can fit so many jokes"
Ricky Gervais roasting Robert Downey Jr was more shocking than this incident. Robert Downey Jr was clearly upset and when he tried to defend himself, he made the roast worst.
You can understand Jada has alopecia but don't know what it's like because you have lovely long hair. Imagine it falling out in clumps and dealing with the psychological impact of that. I doubt your fans would stand by and watch you get mocked for your baldness. And, they are just your fans not your partner who would have helped you deal with your condition.
It was a weird night for Will, he knew he was going to win the best award of his career after being overlooked several times. Plus I'm sure some alcohol was involved. He apologized, to the academy during his acceptance speech and I think he has had a fantastic career. His friends and colleagues who have known him for years won't shun him over this incident. He will apologize to Chris Rock in private, their mutual friends will force them to reconcile.
Will is trying to correct one of his worst movies: Hancock. He's changing it to something more darkly interesting: Hancuck
That's one of his best movies
Extremely eloquent, wonderful video
Excellent analysis-respect your intelligence and genuine soul…
Hi Maggie, now would be a good time to review Sullivan's Travels (1941). It's about a comedy filmmaker who wants to make a difference in the real world by spreading social messages; at the end he realizes he should just go back to making movies because that's what he's good at and that's what the public wants and needs. This film's message is now more relevant than ever, even though it was seen as quite a different message during WWII when the film was made. I saw it decades ago and I'm going to revisit it and hope you will too.
excellent analysis
OMFG you're so awesome 🤣
I was actually watching the annual "On Cinema At The Cinema Oscar Special" during the Oscars, because I too find the Oscars to be loathsome and cringy (On Cinema At The Cinema, in case you haven't experienced it, is a comic parody of movie review shows that diverts off into socio-political satire)... at one point I got on my phone to look something up and saw the headline alerts about the slap having just occurred. Everything at that moment felt so surreal, because the actual Oscars outdid On Cinema as parody, as On Cinema's Tim had just threatened co-host Gregg with a bat during a rage fit, yet did not hit him.
Great perspective. I agree with your take 100%
My girl Maggie over here is reviewing it like an arthouse film
Well put.
Very cogent and intelligent, ma'am! Our societal evolution has, really quite a while ago, reached a point where these shows and "competitions" are the past. Competition for the ability to play act has really always been untenable. Societal evolution is much slower than technological evolution and you are right...the human impulse being acted on does not match the times that have zoomed past this old act.
I heard an audio interview with Will before this happened
I was struck by this sense artificial, almost tinge of manic "i need to sound like I got this "
First time that noticed it
I heard that in the USA this part of what happened was censored out from the live broadcast (please correct me if I am wrong) but after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, and Will went and sat back down in his chair he unleashed a very loud aggressive verbal attack at Chris!!!
If anyone is interested, I stumbled upon Denzel's 2019 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award speech, and to my surprise it was very like Smith's erratic one. Only more composed and dignified. He even mentions being a "vessel for love" and speaks a lot about love and coming together and all of that hollow talk. Makes me wonder if Smith was impressed by that and tried to emulate it.
Very well said!
I agree with your assessment
Do you know the work and thought of Camille Paglia? Her assessment of contemporary Hollywood aligns with yours. She's a mega movie fan and has observed that Hollywood in the last 30 years or so has (her words) "ceased to be the transmitter of glamour" and, in its decline, created a market for toxic supermodel culture and telegenic criminal celebrity (i.e. OJ and Nicole Brown Simpson, Tonya Harding, the various players in the Lewinsky scandal, even Ted Bundy, etc.) As film actors ceased to carry glamour and mystery - inscrutability - to the public, the supermodels and televised misbehavers had to take up that burden. Paglia resents the personal transparency of actresses like Meryl Streep, for example, but likes Nicole Kidman partly because there seems to be no THERE there. Kidman is a blank onto which the audience is invited to project their own fantasies. Paglia also foresees the death of Hollywood in its estrangement from and manifest hostility toward the values, preferences, and tastes of non-coastal Americans, who make up most of the moviegoing audience.
The whole show was uncomfortable. From that, to the way too upbeat In Memoriam, to the ending, was just overall not a fun time.
I had a moment of rage in my life and when I see something like this I go back to it. It is terrible to lose control, it is a long time coming and then one thing makes you break. For me it was an animal control officer giving me a hard time about my dog. I was so mean and so angry. It's been 8 years and I still think about it. Of course, it is hard to imagine someone so rich and famous having these types of emotions. I mean, they have everything.....right? I think one of the worse things is when you feel all alone. Maybe this is what Will Smith felt. I tend to believe he will regret everything he did last night. Yeah, it probably says a lot about his marriage and things are not going well there. And people do love to see stars fall.
@Krazy Kajeevie I suppose the city thought allowing it to roam in the woods was mistreatment. Yet, that is what it loved to do most. It was a little poodle but it loved going back into the woods in my backyard.
Great video! And yes, I agree, the Oscars are irrelevant and they need moments like these in order to boost their ratings because they're not gonna change themselves.