6 Will Smith Oscar Fight Thoughts
- Jada Pinkett Smith can stand up for herself.
I like her. I think she’s an intelligent, beautiful actress and, yes, I have watched her show the Red Table. She is strong. Arguably, she could have landed a better punch. Bottom line, it was her fight, not her husband’s. She was obviously upset, but she doesn’t need Will Smith fighting her fights. - Will Smith sucker slapped/punched Chris Rock.
Please don’t justify a cheap shot. It still failed. The fact it happened on an international stage, on what should be the happiest night of Will Smith’s life, makes it even worse. Additionally, Chris Rock is the smaller man, didn’t take up boxing to support an acting role and wasn’t protected. The fact that Chris Rock has an iron jaw came in handy as he didn’t go down. - Chris Rock is a comedian.
He is paid to take those shots. Regina Hall felt up men on stage, alluded to Jada Pinkett Smith’s entanglements, and people kind of laughed and no action. Imagine if Chris Rock had done that joke. He is an edgy comedian. Whether he knew about her alopecia, understood the brewing anger after taking shots at Smiths’ in the past, or he simply misread the audience, he gets paid to say that type of stuff. He can certainly be more caustic and funnier. The Oscars was a swing and a whiff. - Will Smith just reinforced a horrible stereotype.
I turned to my bride Alexis and good friend Trudi and said as much right when the incident happened. My friend Cullen is right about the reinforcement of the angry black men stereotype. Broadcaster Stephen A Smith said it best “..he just stained the greatest moment of his career. You cannot do that S$&@!!Especially as a BLACK MAN, in that position, to ANOTHER BLACK MAN(@chrisrock) on THAT STAGE.”
Toxic Masculinity, standing up for your wife, or immaturity, regardless there is no justification. It is a stain on Will Smith. Chris Rock will be membered for telling a bad joke then getting sucker punched. It will be part of his monologue by the end of the week. - Spin Machine:
The commentators all talked about how Denzel Washington and Tyler Perry comforted, or settled down, Will Smith. What we didn’t see was Will Smith’s publicist talking to him at the commercial break. Damage control, spin the image, recovery, and comfort, were the topics of that short conversation. My point is that the Smiths’ have a very crafted image. From open marriage, to entanglements, to TMI from the Red Table they have put themselves in full public view. They are insulated and privileged people. Equating a debatable bad joke as an excuse to protect your family is entitlement. I’m sorry, kick the ass of the guy in the entanglement with your wife, not the comedian. Smith apologized to the Academy, but not Rock. The apology is as hollow as the pipeline in North Dakota. - WWJD – What would Jimmy do?
My friend Sally made me think, “What would I have done in the same situation?” Great question. Someone makes a joke at my wife’s expense. The joke is public, not funny, and insulting. If I were in my 20s, maybe I launch at Defcon 1. Otherwise, I wait. My first thought was; I would pull the person aside and say “WTF, let’s go outside or go right now. Either way we settle this now.” Then I started to think, if the joke was at Alexis, she is a strong woman who doesn’t take shit. I would have let her say something from the chair and stopped her from rushing the stage. In the end, it is her fight, I am support
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