The never-ending battle against woke Hollywood and SJW infused entertainment media [trigger warning]

Let's be honest though, that's the greatest amount of interest that the Oscars have been able to drum up in YEARS!

 

I certainly agree that Jada certainly had an effect on it, I shall quote a post I made in the Star Wars thread as discussion on this palaver originated there:

Either he allowed his protectiveness to go too far, or she's using emotional blackmail to make him humiliate himself in front of a live audience. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter if Jada is part of the modern female supremacist movement that wants to de-masculinise men.

I personally think both of them are at fault in part - as per the rest of my quote:

Chris can improve by developing skits that are funny without openly insulting people, and Will can improve by showing other guys that you're not having any nonsense with them in ways other than falling for their taunts and using violence at the slightest trigger, because all that does is show you're easily provoked and aggressive, which is just as non-masculine as being passive and taking shit without doing anything to defend yourself.

 

What bothers me the most is the impunity with which Will Smith was able to turn his back to someone who he just slapped. As if he had absolutely no fear of reprisal. Chris Rock could have drop-kicked him off the stage or taken the back and sunk in a quick rear-naked choke to put him to sleep. Personally, I like the drop kick better because it is quicker (giving security no time to intervene) and it is more flashy for the cameras (as Will would go flying off the stage). Just a short run up and put both of your feet dead-center into his back.

 

real life is not a WWE match. while he would have been perfectly in his rights to smack will in the back of the head it would still be petty. on top of that the internet already hates him so it's probably for the best he didn't

 

That's why I'm not including the steel chair.

He was assaulted, plain and simple. Putting Will down would have been a lesson learned. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

The portion of the internet (roughly half) that hates him, already hates him so who cares? But the other half of the internet that is on his side, would love the spectacle.

 

Query for the crowd:

Hypothetically, if it had been Dwayne Johnson who had delivered that joke instead of Chris Rock, does anyone still think that Will Smith would have attempted the smack?

 

The thing is though, in a situation like this where Mr. Rock wasn't in any danger, you can easily put someone down without retaliating with violence, otherwise you're just sinking to their petty level. Mr. Smith had already humiliated himself in front of loads of people, Mr. Rock wisely stayed out of it and responded with a quip, already showing he wasn't going to resort to fighting fire with fire. If he hadn't it would have just descended into two grown men behaving like angry schoolchildren rolling around on the stage trying to fight each other, and they'd both make even bigger prats of themselves. I'm with @Erta Wanderer on this one.

To be honest if he did it purely for that he'd be sinking to the level of a performing monkey, doing anything possible to try and please the masses. A strong man doesn't allow himself to make a scene just to please celeb-following losers on the Internet.

That would depend on a lot of things:

• How brave/stupid Will Smith is
• How much he is enslaved/in love with his wife
• Whether Dwayne Johnson has dissed him or his wife before
• Whether Dwayne Johnson would be unpleasant enough to make a joke demeaning someone suffering from a disease (which is unlikely given what I've heard of him)

 

No he wouldn't, it isn't his style. That's why I prefaced the question with "hypothetically".

Spoiler... he would have done nothing. Absolutely nothing. He would have sat there quietly in his little chair.

True.

"If I were you, I'd be a little less worried about people putting your wife's name in their mouth and a little more worried about people putting their co%$ in hers"

[background, Will and his wife have an "open marriage", but from past interviews, it seems like something pushed by her and he appears less than happy with the arrangement]

Something along those lines. It's crude, petty and a low blow... but undeniably and viciously savage. The problem is, based on their previous interaction, it would most assuredly escalate into a physical altercation at that point. So you're back to square one, but without the advantage of taking the opponent's back. Doubtful that Chris Rock could take Smith in a straight up fair fight... although he did take that shot quite well.


Ultimately it was a distasteful situation. After which, Smith still got his award and the auditorium loudly cheered for him and celebrated him.

 

One more interesting thought. Think of the double standard at play here. If a comedian (man or woman) made a joke about a balding man, no one would even bat an eyelash. No one would be offended and no violence would have been instigated.