Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

Chris Rock should apologise. Then next time go to town on the amount of **** she's had. Rock took a risk and it backfired but I see comedians go to town on people in the audience much much harder than that any time I go to see stand up.

Stephen Hawkins and Jimmy Carr became good friends after Carr ripped him and his illness. But that's the gamble they take.
 
EVH said:
However.. be glad it wasn't being hosted by Gervais. He'd have really ripped in to her compared to what Chris Rock came out with
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I'm looking forward to when gervais does host something as the jokes about this are just too obvious to not really lay into them. I imagine gervais would go in hard too, to provoke a reaction.

dLockers said:
For the first time in decades people are talking about the Oscars?
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Original. Same thing was said a few years back

rare said:
Sorry mate but it is weakness. If you can’t control your emotions in such a situation it shows a lack of control. It’s pure impulsive emotional behaviour, there’s nothing admirable about it. There was nothing courageous about it. It showed zero wisdom.

The only thing typical of todays attitude is that ‘feelings trump all reason and logic’. Classically displayed by Smith here.
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Agreed. It's nothing but weakness. Will Smith appears to agree after.
 
mrk said:
Yup kids watching the awards will see that and think because Will Smith did it, violence is OK to use in light of a damn joke, a thing that comics do all the time. No wonder comedians have had enough of all this noise the last few years.
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Then he gets an award. Poor joke but didn't deserve getting hit over, on live tv. Pretty disturbing behaviour from Will Smith.
 
Diagro said:
It's mostly women who support what he did
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Interesting isn’t it. Happy to support physical violence when it regards their honour, but in any other scenario is toxic masculinity at play. Lots of interesting themes at work here, could be a good scenario for future study when it comes to morality…!
 
Building Candy said:
This was totally unacceptable. For years now we expect the comedian hosting the show to make so pretty cutting jokes about current affairs and the actors in the room. The more famous you are, the bigger the target, it’s the price of fame. Are we forgetting Ricky Gervais performance, frontpage news, excellent publicity for the Oscars.
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Just on the Gervais bit, he takes the **** out of the audience and the industry but I've never seen him attack a person like that. I just can't see him making a joke about a women losing her hair, it isn't funny, I'm not sure why Rock thought it would be. Gervais last time hosting the Golden Globes was just posted up on twitter again and I watched it and there is no comparison to Chris Rock's "joke" in it. I like Chris Rock, he's a genuinely funny guy but why during rehearsal or getting the script approved did no one pull him up on this joke? This isn't like Gervais's joke about Martin Scorsese being too short to go on theme park rides.
 
I mean you hate to say it but well paid millionaire actors who are cultural role models demonstrating black on black crime on TV.

I guess he was lucky Chris didn't pull a 45 and blow him away.
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
Just on the Gervais bit, he takes the **** out of the audience and the industry but I've never seen him attack a person like that. I just can't see him making a joke about a women losing her hair, it isn't funny, I'm not sure why Rock thought it would be. Gervais last time hosting the Golden Globes was just posted up on twitter again and I watched it and there is no comparison to Chris Rock's "joke" in it. I like Chris Rock, he's a genuinely funny guy but why during rehearsal or getting the script approved did no one pull him up on this joke? This isn't like Gervais's joke about Martin Scorsese being too short to go on theme park rides.
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Gervais would have made a joke about how Will is simping in the next room while his wife is sleeping with other men.
 
He may as well have used a fist surely at that point? It's not like a slap is acceptable but a punch isn't is it, just made him look even weaker.

As said already in this thread, there are so many ways they could have turned this around into something positive but in doing what he did, he's lost control over the matter. That's bird brained thuggery. He could have sat by his wife and comforted her and/or tried to laugh it off with her. He could have stared him down and remained silent, holding her hand which would have put the awkwardness firmly back at Chris due to the poor taste. He could have smirked whilst mock applauding.... various possibilities which would probably have got support or just moved on within seconds.

These events are designed to be hosted by people that will push the boundaries and deliberately invoke awkwardness, fear and true harshness on the guests. See Ricky G. You have to suck it up, sit through it and laugh it off, no matter how harsh. To not do so makes more of an issue of it and it will back fire.
 
Dis86 said:
Being in a wheelchair is a significant change to someone's life. That is in no way comparable to the loss of hair. Something that people frequently do by choice!
Why is it OK for men to lose their hair but not women?
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A significant % of the male population lose some or all of their hair. Its rare in women and as others have said bald can be a good look on men. It isn't in any way comparable.
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
A significant % of the male population lose some or all of their hair. Its rare in women and as others have said bald can be a good look on men. It isn't in any way comparable.
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Not that rare in women, estimated to be between 40-50%. They're just better at hiding it with wigs, weaves etc so it seems less than it is.
 
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