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  • HoraceH Horace

    Nobody seems interested in the thought experiment about Rock getting slapped by a white actor. What do you all think? Race narrative media tsunami, or no big deal, because celebrity trumps race? I think a white actor would have been canceled, but the sick wife angle is admittedly compelling for public support.

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    @Horace said in Academy Awards:

    Nobody seems interested in the thought experiment about Rock getting slapped by a white actor. What do you all think? Race narrative media tsunami, or no big deal, because celebrity trumps race? I think a white actor would have been canceled, but the sick wife angle is admittedly compelling for public support.

    Oh, no...we don't get off that easy. I'm a racist for supporting Smith. Or Rock. Either one. Doesn't matter.

    https://www.newsweek.com/will-smith-slap-spurs-racism-debate-daughter-mlk-jr-weighs-1692510#:~:text=Dr. Bernice King%2C youngest child of Martin Luther,on January 17%2C 2022%2C in Atlanta%2C Georgia. Getty

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      Close....

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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        I'm pretty ashamed of my freaking hair. Hers looks way better than mine does at this point.

        Many middle-aged white men have been in my shoes. And it has to be said they're pretty smelly shoes.

        I was only joking

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        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

          Two things I don't understand is why security didn't stop him, and also why he wasn't kicked out, or at least taken away to somewhere quiet to calm down.

          If somebody did this in a comedy club after been insulted by the comedian, they'd be kicked out and most likely arrested.

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          @Doctor-Phibes said in Academy Awards:

          Two things I don't understand is why security didn't stop him, and also why he wasn't kicked out, or at least taken away to somewhere quiet to calm down.

          If somebody did this in a comedy club after been insulted by the comedian, they'd be kicked out and most likely arrested.

          Because it was will smith, and also everyone was trying to figure out if it was part of the act

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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                @George-K lol, I just was getting ready to post that!

                The Brad

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                • George KG George K

                  Only @bachophile will get this.

                  Maybe...

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                  @George-K said in Academy Awards - Will Smith Edition:

                  Only @bachophile will get this.

                  Maybe...

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                  Keep your fucking neuromuscular blockade out of my patient.

                  Give me my fucking relaxation….

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                    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/will-smith-chris-rock-academy-disciplinary-proceedings-1235122743/

                    The Academy says it asked Will Smith to leave the award ceremony after the slapping incident but Will Smith refused to leave, says it is starting disciplinary proceedings against Will Smith.

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                      I bet maybe a producer came up to Smith at one point and asked if he wanted to leave the ceremony, and I strongly doubt anyone actually asked Smith to leave. Again, for a while people didn't know if Rock/Smith had a rehearsed bit, plus Smith was a favorite to win an award later in the show.

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                        I got to 69 km/h

                        Sound on to appreciate any scores above 30 km/h btw

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                        • 89th8 89th

                          I bet maybe a producer came up to Smith at one point and asked if he wanted to leave the ceremony, and I strongly doubt anyone actually asked Smith to leave. Again, for a while people didn't know if Rock/Smith had a rehearsed bit, plus Smith was a favorite to win an award later in the show.

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                          @89th said in Academy Awards - Will Smith Edition:

                          I bet maybe a producer came up to Smith at one point and asked if he wanted to leave the ceremony, and I strongly doubt anyone actually asked Smith to leave.

                          I smell something fishy as well.

                          I guess that makes us conspiracy theorists.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            Chris said something about it today:

                            Rock made his first public remarks about the incident. He was greeted by the audience at Boston’s Wilbur Theater with two back-to-back standing ovations, lasting several minutes.

                            “Let me be all misty and s***,” Rock said with tears in his eyes, gesturing to the crowd’s warm response.

                            “How was your weekend?” he quipped, to which the audience responded with laughter.

                            “I don’t have a bunch of s*** about what happened, so if you came to hear that, I had like a whole show I wrote before this weekend. And I’m still kind of processing what happened, so at some point I’ll talk about that s***. And it’ll be serious and it’ll be funny, but right now I’m going to tell some jokes.”

                            I guess those who think it was set up, must think he's really committed to the bit.

                            Probably wouldn't be very much fun to be bitch slapped in front of the world.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                LOL

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                                  Link to video

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    @George-K said in Academy Awards - Will Smith Edition:

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                                    I think I'm officially old because I hate the fact that because of how social media works, it was this guy's first inclination to do this.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        https://slapchris.com/

                                        I got to 69 km/h

                                        Sound on to appreciate any scores above 30 km/h btw

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                                        @89th said in Academy Awards - Will Smith Edition:

                                        https://slapchris.com/

                                        I got to 69 km/h

                                        Sound on to appreciate any scores above 30 km/h btw

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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