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Quote from: sirazimuth on March 28, 2022, 04:55:42 PM

The f-bomb tirade was way out of line. A jackass putting his anger management issues on display.
Albeit, Will is now gonna get that hummerjob he'd been begging for, for the past week....

Fake ass staged event for the dumb masses is fake af

That’s your opinion bro. I don’t think it was staged. That’s my opinion. I guess I must be a member
of the “dumb masses”

Yeah, I mean it makes total sense that as Chris Rock watches Will S. approach him on the stage, he grins a shit eating grin at him, puts his hands behind his back, and stands perfectly still...waiting for him. /s Chris even leans his head in, as if to give Will S. a better target. Roll Eyes

Open your eyes, dude. It was all a staged publicity stunt. They planned that backstage. The Oscars are dying. Roll Eyes

I did open my eyes and watched, including Will’s f-bomb outburst, and I stand by my opinion that it wasn’t
staged. You may want to read up on the circumstances and aftermath.
Let’s just agree to disagree as we obviously see the world through different lenses.

I agree with this.

I can see where some people are coming from thinking it's staged:
Oscar viewer ratings are in the toilet, controversy gets everyone talking about it (absolutely!), they are actors etc, the slap may look weird the more you analyse it etc.

However, I really don't think they would EVER stage this with black actors at this point and I think this is going to have some consequences for the Oscars going forwards such as adding stage security.

Will Smith clearly has a tantrum issue probably heightened by family problems: His wife admitting to sleeping around. His son into weird shit after a failed acting career.

I'm pretty sure they will strip him from the Oscar win in the next few days, either give it to Denzel or just leave best actor blank this year. There is no way this can be acceptable. No one will want to present again and make jokes. It also diminishes the wins from everyone else who behaves normally even in the face of jokes which have been worse in the past.

If you sit front row at any show with comedians you can expect what Chris Rock said and more. I used to go to a comedy club at my university days. We would stay clear from front row and arrive early!

I actually think Will Smith's reaction MOSTLY came about from the fact he initially laughed himself until he saw disapproval from his wife.

The fact he didn't apologise to Chris when he got his award but instead went talking about a fairy in the sky and what his path should be with a quest of love etc made it even worse.

I'm astonished people are defending Will but maybe I shouldn't be. After all we are literally living in a time when armed terrorists literally go on a suicide mission to execute people because they made fun of their little bedtime story prophet in a comic book.