Will Smith hits Chris Rock on Oscars stage

the shadow · 31 Mar 2022 at 15:07

https://metro.co.uk/video/alternate...st-shows-jada-pinkett-smith-laughing-2651867/

BananaDunka · 31 Mar 2022 at 15:10

The most severe punishment would be expulsion from the Academy.

That would put Smith among the ranks of Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and Roman Polanski, who were all expelled for sexual misconduct.

I like that bit the most hah.

GreatAuk · 31 Mar 2022 at 16:44

And Rishi Sunak enters the ring! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60941902
Basically he's empathising with Will Smith about how he felt about his wife being criticised, and congratulating himself for not slapping anyone over it.

Poor Rishi's wife, it must be really hard for her being criticised over her hundreds of millions of pounds worth of stock in a dodgy company. Let's all have a whip round to send her a card and a bunch of flowers.

steve_c · 31 Mar 2022 at 16:51

the shadow said:
https://metro.co.uk/video/alternate...st-shows-jada-pinkett-smith-laughing-2651867/

She seems like a really nasty piece of work.

d_brennen · 31 Mar 2022 at 16:54

Can't we just do funny memes instead?

GreatAuk said:
And Rishi Sunak enters the ring! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60941902
Basically he's empathising with Will Smith about how he felt about his wife being criticised, and congratulating himself for not slapping anyone over it.

Poor Rishi's wife, it must be really hard for her being criticised over her hundreds of millions of pounds worth of stock in a dodgy company. Let's all have a whip round to send her a card and a bunch of flowers.

No, drop to your knees and kiss their feet, you filthy prole

jonneymendoza · 31 Mar 2022 at 16:58

steve_c said:
She seems like a really nasty piece of work.

She is

XeNoNF50 · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:03

40 pages on a fella slapping another fella :eek:

jonneymendoza · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:10

XeNoNF50 said:
40 pages on a fella slapping another fella

Meanwhile, Ukraine are being invaded and the pandemic is not over yet

Malevolence · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:19

XeNoNF50 said:
40 pages on a fella slapping another fella

Only 8 pages here, MTFU and stop using woman sized pages.

StriderX · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:19

jonneymendoza said:
Meanwhile, Ukraine are being invaded and the pandemic is not over yet

When millions of people see the apparent acceptance of violence against the most marginal of comments ever made by a man who built a good guy persona across the spectrum of audiences is I think just as worthy of discussion considering the rotten state of public discourse.

I think we ought to be cautious of ignoring the possible consequences of what seems like an insignificant event.

GreatAuk · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:35

StriderX said:
When millions of people see the apparent acceptance of violence against the most marginal of comments ever made by a man who built a good guy persona across the spectrum of audiences is I think just as worthy of discussion considering the rotten state of public discourse.

I think we ought to be cautious of ignoring the possible consequences of what seems like an insignificant event.

+1. As well as being a bit of juicy celeb gossip to argue about, it is actually quite a significant bellwether for attitudes, and the response to it has the potential to be quite influential in how people see violence in certain situations.

The fact that Will was generally seen in a pretty positive light before this event, and probably a little bit of an idol for some people only makes the event more influential.

I think the mixed response to the event has made it much more interesting too, both in the public / celeb world, and at the private citizen level. If Will had been made to leave the ceremony, apologised asap the next morning, with rows of other celebs lining up to say how wrong he was and welcome the apology, and the public had agreed, there wouldn't have been so much to talk about. However, Will was allowed to stay where he was, got an award, and took a while to apologise properly. In this thread and on twitter etc, lots of people seemed to support Will's actions, and the reaction from public figures seemed pretty muted with some both-sidesing it and others directly defending him.

jonneymendoza said:
Meanwhile, Ukraine are being invaded and the pandemic is not over yet

Could say the same thing about people discussing anything, be it gpus in the gpu subforum or books in the culture subforum. Just because it's interesting to discuss one topic doesn't necessarily mean people think it's more important than another topic.

XeNoNF50 · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:42

Malevolence said:
Only 8 pages here, MTFU and stop using woman sized pages.

Next you'll be telling me to stop using the classic blue skin

jonneymendoza · 31 Mar 2022 at 17:55

StriderX said:
When millions of people see the apparent acceptance of violence against the most marginal of comments ever made by a man who built a good guy persona across the spectrum of audiences is I think just as worthy of discussion considering the rotten state of public discourse.

I think we ought to be cautious of ignoring the possible consequences of what seems like an insignificant event.

my post was more toung on cheek really.

The main thing is that there is far more important stuff happening in the world right now and this thread has run its course IMO.

This type of thread/news is just a quick 5min thing you read and talk about during a coffee/smoke break at work and then forget about it after that LOL.

unwashed potato! · 31 Mar 2022 at 19:04

jonneymendoza said:
my post was more toung on cheek really.

The main thing is that there is far more important stuff happening in the world right now and this thread has run its course IMO.

This type of thread/news is just a quick 5min thing you read and talk about during a coffee/smoke break at work and then forget about it after that LOL.

Yes it's true its just a quick 5 minute thing, but it's not over and done yet.

Givne you're telling us it's over, I assume you're following the latest comments from rock?

What about the latest comments from the academy?

Do they not lengthen what will be in the end of a very short lived thing. It's Thursday. 4 days later. In 3 weeks it won't be talked about. In 10 it'll be forgotten.
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Why are you rushing?

BananaDunka · 1 Apr 2022 at 00:06

In breaking news which surprised me a lot (Narrator: It did not surprise him one bit) it looks like the Academy lied about asking Smith to leave: https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/31/academy-lied-asking-will-smith-to-leave-oscars-slap-chris-rock/

It's all a **** show, even the Jim Carrey interview surfaced an old video of him forcibly kissing Alicia Silverstone at an awards event which the internet did not forget about lol.

uncle_rufus · 1 Apr 2022 at 08:47

I know what can slap some new life into this thread - best meme version of the slap? I think I'm going to go with this simple yet effective edit:

adam cool dude · 1 Apr 2022 at 09:14

uncle_rufus said:
I know what can slap some new life into this thread - best meme version of the slap? I think I'm going to go with this simple yet effective edit:

I raise you.

ChocAndGray · 1 Apr 2022 at 11:42

I'm cynical and this is bordering on almost a publicity stunt.

Did anyone even know the oscars was happening (or care) until this came out lol

the shadow · 1 Apr 2022 at 12:50

Zatoichi.uK · 1 Apr 2022 at 15:55