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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    Crisis actors
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    A crisis in acting, yes.
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,849
    Chunes said:
    Why would Chris Rock lean in and wince before the obviously staged slap?

    The slap itself was pathetic. The entire action of the slap is so unnatural. Straight out of stage school. Blatantly choreographed.

    Perfect lead in to the speech and the message from god to love people and all that b*llocks.

    It's fine if you think it was genuine. I'm not buying it at all.
    He was standing like that before he even walked up. Don't know what you mean. How do you act when you don't know you're about to be slapped? 
    Not like this (the entire action is so staged it's laughable):


    Could it be the case that he realises there's a strong chance he's about to get a smack but is putting a brave face on it?
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    cafctom said:
    Absolutely nobody on either side would have seen this as a worthwhile thing to stage.

    ”How about you make a joke about my wife’s alopecia, then I’ll slap you and humiliate you on stage before sitting back down and swear at you and ruin my family friendly image, and then when I do my speech I can cry and apologise”

    Cant quite see it.
    Think these privileged Hollywood luvvies hold the Academy in too high esteem to have pulled any kind of stunt like this, n all. And there weren't any punchline to it (excuse the pun). It was just left hanging off a cliff. 

    Re' BBW photos - in the first photo, reckon Rock had time to notice Smith's hand come up, realise he's about to get slapped and wince as he is.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    The puritanical Oscar committee / Disney would not countenance swearing at the ceremony or anything that would distract from the actual awards. 

    I only caught a glance at it as I was leaving the house this morning and erroneously called it a punch on page 1. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    This may be a silly question, but do we know Rock was aware of her alopecia? I mean she had shortly cropped hair and may have just been commenting on her hair style. Which still might not be very nice but if he knew about her condition he was out of order and you can understand Smith getting upset.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    surely any bloke would've reacted the same had someone publicly mocked their wife/girlfriend in that way (especially around such a delicate subject)

    I know I would
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    good way to distract from best film not being won by a traditional Hollywood studio 
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,107
    Davo55 said:
    Come on, there's no way that was staged. It completely threw Rock and he was humiliated by it. Smith was raging but managed to partly control that into a slap rather than a punch. Rock should have publicly apologised for the distasteful jokes about Mrs Smith and Smith should have publicly apologised to Rock (not just to "the academy") in his speech. Both come out of it looking like dicks.
    Trust me, I far better looking than Will Smith and Chris Rock #JustSaying 
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    Why would Chris Rock lean in and wince before the obviously staged slap?

    The slap itself was pathetic. The entire action of the slap is so unnatural. Straight out of stage school. Blatantly choreographed.

    Perfect lead in to the speech and the message from god to love people and all that b*llocks.

    It's fine if you think it was genuine. I'm not buying it at all.
    What on Earth is the logic behind them doing this anyway? Disney would never allow this to happen by choice (and have pretty much pretended it didn't happen on the Oscars website), Smith and Rock haven't come out of it looking very good, and there's camera phone footage of Smith crying during the ad break. Nobody else on social is talking about it being fake. It's not part of the discussion because that makes no sense at all. 

    The entire time Will was walking up Rock clearly thought it was a joke. That Will was playing. And I think he probably thought that right up until the slap landed. The man is standing in front of literally a billion people with Will Smith walking towards him and he's got 6 seconds to figure out what's going on and what he should do. Maybe he braces himself because he still thinks it's a joke at that moment. 


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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,737
    Of course it was genuine. I agree the slap looked set up but what happened afterwards was uncomfortable to watch. 

    Will Smith had a meltdown on his big night and he'll regret it for the rest of his life. 
    I felt sorry for Chris Rock . The joke wasn't even that controversial compared to his normal stuff. 

    Oh well . It made what is a terrible awards show watchable for five minutes. It's a shame they had to get back to dishing out the top award to the wrong film again - as they do every year. 
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,689
    A dick move on both counts,unnecessary and pathetic. A bit like the whole Oscars really. Self absorbant prick luvvies creaming over each other. Fake smiles and tears, cannot stand it.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    What the hell is that hand waving thing they were all doing when someone wins an award? 

    Made me feel ill.
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    What the hell is that hand waving thing they were all doing when someone wins an award? 

    Made me feel ill.
    Sign language applause.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,737
    What the hell is that hand waving thing they were all doing when someone wins an award? 

    Made me feel ill.
    It was because of CODA i think.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    @ValleyGary ‘s publicist will be issuing a heartfelt apology shortly! 
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    edited March 2022
    First world problems, a vanity project for overpaid, over pampered multi millionaires, who would normally bore us to death by lecturing us on how to live our lives from their ivory towers

    ps…. I’m not a fan of Hollywood hyperbole and egos 


  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    Shrew said:
    What the hell is that hand waving thing they were all doing when someone wins an award? 

    Made me feel ill.
    Sign language applause.
    Now I maybe being stupid, but there's a really good hand movement to indicate applause.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    se9addick said:
    @ValleyGary ‘s publicist will be issuing a heartfelt apology shortly! 
    Weren't just Gary tbf. I thought they were doing it as a nod towards Ruth Madoc and was waiting for her collect her life time achievement award for her portrail of Glady Pugh* in the gritty dark comedy Hi De Hi.


    *Definite would ya?
  • Shrew said:
    What the hell is that hand waving thing they were all doing when someone wins an award? 

    Made me feel ill.
    Sign language applause.
    Now I maybe being stupid, but there's a really good hand movement to indicate applause.
    Clapping is low down though so hard to see.
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,966
    Gribbo said:
    se9addick said:
    @ValleyGary ‘s publicist will be issuing a heartfelt apology shortly! 
    Weren't just Gary tbf. I thought they were doing it as a nod towards Ruth Madoc and was waiting for her collect her life time achievement award for her portrail of Glady Pugh* in the gritty dark comedy Hi De Hi.


    *Definite would ya?
    The very definition of a wouldya, I'd say. Good call
  • Just seen this. The slap thing looked staged - everybody smiling and, Smith played the Greatest and was trained to hit people. If he wanted to hit the guy properly he could have floored him.

    But the Alpha male thing when he sat down, effing and talking about 'my woman' (Smith's wife is a strong classy lady who can probably look after herself) was gutter level stuff and ruined the evening - made worse when he got up to accept his Oscar and gushed on about God and love.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    I didn't realise CL had so many QAnoners. Anyone thinking that was staged needs to lay off of the internet for a while.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    taking his Muhammad Ali act far too literally .. but it might make some 'comedians' think more carefully about who they make the butt of their 'humour'
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    oh come on guys, it's definitely not staged. Stop making up conspiracies where there are none. He shouldnt have slapped him - he should've walked up to him and calmly told him why alopecia isnt funny and that there are people at home watching this who'll be hurt by it - would've been much more effective. But lets be honest, if you've probably spent the day building up your wife's confidence going out to the oscars with alopecia and then a comedian cracks a joke about them AND you're a multimillionaire that, at least a subconscious level, thinks they can get away with most things, you'd probably slap the shit out of them if you could. Chris rock looked visibly stunned.
  • Valleysarr
    Valleysarr Posts: 1,098
    100% staged - can’t believe it even being debated ! 
  • Would have been a whole lot better if Rock had given Smith a good dig back. 
  • king addick
    king addick Posts: 3,701
    _MrDick said:
    se9addick said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    Slap looked staged. Not buying it. 
    Having watched it a couple of times it does look staged but the verbal stuff looks more genuine.
    That's why a big name good actor was used as part of the stage rather than someone of Eastenders quality.

    You of all people would know to be fair! 
    Dick
    Can I help you? 
    Assuming youll be telling him to take your name out of his mouth....