Yeah, here comes my piece of mind about the Will Smith / Chris Rock event at the Oscars.
Rock deserved it. Should Smith have gotten up in front of the world and done it? Probably not. But nevertheless, Rock deserved it.
Smith finds himself being vilified, but I completely disagree. What he did, from the perspective of a woman, is defend her honour. Maybe an old-fashioned viewpoint, but I've never waved the feminist banner. I like having doors held for me and being told "after you" when getting on an elevator, etc. If someone said something insulting about me, I would certainly hope my husband would jump to defend me and offer the guy a slap or something. Let the world know that this woman has a protector and the protector is him.
In any other situation, such a verbal attack on someone for a medical condition would be almost grounds for a bullying case. "Going through chemo? You're gonna really appreciate the weight loss. You could stand to lose a few." Can you imagine the fallout from saying something like that to another person in a public setting? Is it any different? I don't think so.
What about if Jada had strode up on stage and slapped Rock? Wouldn't the conversation be different then? Damn straight it would be! She would be lauded for standing up for herself. Rock would have likely offered an apology then and there.
Yes, it did seem that Smith started to laugh at Rock's statement. Was it a real laugh or one of those polite ones people offer when they don't want to necessarily make a scene? I don't know and don't really care. He reacted to his wife's distress. I've seen articles and memes that allude to an alleged affair with Jada and someone else. I don't care. Nobody is perfect, certainly not even me. If Smith and Jada have seen fit to work past any such thing, then that's kudos to them. Either way, it's really none of my business. To all the world who are vilifying Smith, you have no idea what Jada's mental state is in dealing with her illness. Rock's comments could have seriously impaired her mental state. That's just not acceptable.
In the end, I'm more ticked off about the In Memoriam bit than the whole Smith/Rock thing. As a tv viewer, I look forward to another look at the year in review and a moment to see and briefly mourn those who have passed. This year's Oscars had the screen zoomed in, but then zoomed way out so the focus could be on the dancers. To be honest, I don't give a crap about seeing dancers, I want to see the stars who have passed. They could have saved Betty White to the end and just done something special with the dog at that point.
Here's what they really should have done...they should have let the dog loose on Smith and Rock and have it chase them around the stage. Now that would have been entertainment!
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