So, pretty much everyone and their cousin has weighed in on the kerfuffle at the Oscars the other night, when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith. People have debated whether or not it was planned, or staged. Debates have raged on whether Rock deserved it or not. There's even been some talk about how Pinkett-Smith, herself, was the root of the rage that burst forth from Smith.
My takes:
Everyone involved is an asshole. Everyone involved deserves some measure of sympathy. And it definitely was not staged.
First, the joke. Here's where Chris Rock is an asshole. The joke, about Pinkett-Smith being in GI Jane 2, was gross. It wasn't funny, it wasn't a roast. It was mocking a woman's hair loss. The look on her face after the joke was delivered showed clearly her pain and anger, and shame. I felt that hurt. Debate swirls on the exact cause of her hair loss, whether the alopecia is from an auto-immune disorder, or from certain hairstyles that cause pressure and ...
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