Will Smith assaults Chris Rock LIVE at the Oscars

[raif71]

Anyone still think it was staged?

Well, there is the saying "All the World's a stage"

 

[SIY]

Anyone still think it was staged?

Yes, absolutely.

 

[JSmith]

JSmith

 

[voodooless]

Yes, absolutely.

Hanlon’s razor:

never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity

 

[Phoney]

Nothing is real. Everything is an illusion.

 

[Mart68]

Jazz gets thrown out of the house by uncle Phil 14 times (and is thrown inside one time). Charges were never brought.

 

[sq225917]

Funny that he seems less concerned about which men may have been in his wife's mouth than he is which men has his wifes name in their mouth!

Strange world

 

[rdenney]

Anyone still think it was staged?

The resulting furor doesn’t preclude that. Staged things often to run off the rails and the participants feel obligated to hang on to the story.

But were it staged, I would think Rock would be publicly talking about how they kissed and made up and he understands and it’s all good and so on.

It doesn’t really matter, actually, unless the police foolishly get involved.

And they shouldn’t. When I was in grade school, two kids fighting usually meant a teacher would separate the combatants, mildly punish the one who started it, and then forget about it unless the pattern is repeated. This assumes no weapons were involved, which is a whole different thing. Now, the police are called, the parents are called, reports are filed, much navel-gazing ensues, and society writ large is blamed.

When my father was in grade school, they would have separated the combatants, put boxing gloves on their hands, and put them back together as long as it staged a “fair fight”.

Are humans any less belligerent now that we have so vilified such direct action? I can’t tell it if so.

Smith could have made his point with both Rock and is wife by walking up to Rock and saying “Sir, you have insulted my wife, and I am offended and demand satisfaction” and the slapped him lightly with a (presumably empty) glove. People would have laughed. The subsequent dual would be hoped for but not necessary.

Personally, I’d be okay if stage humor outgrew the need for roasts. Even the celebrity roasts draw blood.

Rick “as before, hoping it was real and more offended by the subsequent exchange of words” Denney

 

[Newman]

So do you or don’t you?

 

[JSmith]

Smith could have made his point with both Rock and is wife by walking up to Rock and saying “Sir, you have insulted my wife, and I am offended and demand satisfaction” and the slapped him lightly with a (presumably empty) glove. People would have laughed. The subsequent dual would be hoped for but not necessary.

Indeed a duel is always preferred in most cases @bloodshoteyed ... I regularly demand satisfaction in the form of a duel.

JSmith

 

[restorer-john]

Anyone still think it was staged?

Who slaps another man? Men punch.

 

[JSmith]

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7079994241501629742
... cat must have watched the Oscars @TheBatsEar.


JSmith

 

[Sonny1]

 

[TheBatsEar]

Who slaps another man? Men punch.

Question is, who get's slapped and doesn't punch back?

 

[voodooless]

I guess this was also part of the plan:

Netflix and Sony halt Will Smith projects in aftermath of Chris Rock slap

Some of Will Smith’s upcoming projects, including “Bad Boys 4,” have been paused in the wake of the Oscars-slap controversy.

pagesix.com

 

[Sal1950]

Funny as hell, had me ROTFLMAO !

 

[Sal1950]

Question is, who get's slapped and doesn't punch back?
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A Wimp

 

[voodooless]

A Wimp

A Rock?

 

[JSmith]

Rock

Well... if it was The Rock up on stage, I'd suggest things would have gone differently somehow;

JSmith

 

[raif71]

Who slaps another man? Men punch.

or just some silly slapstick comedy