The real winner of the night was Regina Hall, who should have been skewered for the hypocracy of her sexist covid joke(?) to the same group that only recently brought us the #metoo movement. Instead she gets a pass as the world picks side and debates "chivalrous or pvssywhipped?" Speaking of sexism, Venus William's nipple anyone? What say you?

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And when's the last time there was a good comedy movie? It's been forever. It's depressing. You cant make funny movies anymore.

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The writers that are good enough to do a comedy movie have mainly chosen to be showrunners now for non-network TV comedies. The have more control on what gets into the show

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Big Al 1992 said:

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Good to see Jomboy has moved on from his Astro bashing because this is pretty good. Especially where Rock starts "man I could …" and then takes the high road.

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/Fh75AxM8TT

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) March 28, 2022

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Really great analysis. I could see it both ways--staged or live reaction. If Live, then it is clear who wears the pants in the Smith household...

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There is ZERO chance this was staged.

- Will Smith has worked too hard for too long to arrive at his moment of coronation last night, one in which he and everyone else knew Best Actor was a lock, to risk jeopardizing any of it on a staged stunt. Especially considering recent years and all the effort he's put into Instagram, his autobiography, and the like toward rehabbing his image in the wake of his bombs over the past decade or so. That was a purely emotional, unhinged, in-the-moment reaction, almost assuredly due to the insecurities stemming from his widely reported marital issues, his involvement with Scientology, and the fact that he used to watch his father abuse his mother when he was a kid. What we witnessed was a years-in-the-making, perfect storm, powder keg of disfunction.

- Smith and Rock could not care less about ABC's Oscar ratings, at least not enough to stage last night as some kind desperate attempt to gain viewership on behalf of a network/corporation neither have anything to do with or any financial stake in. Especially considering Jimmy Kimmel recently revealed that he was paid only $15K to host the Oscars. Smith and Rock are each beyond wealthy, and anything in the ballpark of $15K, or likely much less, to pull a stunt like that, wouldn't even register for someone like them, would probably in fact be considered an insult, and again, would be far too little to risk so much.

- I'm sorry, but not even the best actors on the planet could fake some of the very raw emotion we saw on display last night. That was simply too genuine and too real. Never mind all the actions and reactions of those close to Smith and Rock and in the building last night. You don't have Denzel Washington mediating and publicists rushing out during the commercial break to try and play damage control for a planned stunt like that. Not to mention the myriad reports we've read and seen after, none of which even remotely point to it being staged.

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ravingfans said:

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Big Al 1992 said:

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Good to see Jomboy has moved on from his Astro bashing because this is pretty good. Especially where Rock starts "man I could …" and then takes the high road.

Will Smith smacks Chris Rock, a breakdown pic.twitter.com/Fh75AxM8TT

— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) March 28, 2022

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Really great analysis. I could see it both ways--staged or live reaction. If Live, then it is clear who wears the pants in the Smith household...

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There is ZERO chance this was staged.

- Will Smith has worked too hard for too long to arrive at his moment of coronation last night, one in which he and everyone else knew Best Actor was a lock, to risk jeopardizing any of it on a staged stunt. Especially considering recent years and all the effort he's put into Instagram, his autobiography, and the like toward rehabbing his image in the wake of his bombs over the past decade or so. That was a purely emotional, unhinged, in-the-moment reaction, almost assuredly due to the insecurities stemming from his widely reported marital issues, his involvement with Scientology, and the fact that he used to watch his father abuse his mother when he was a kid. What we witnessed was a years-in-the-making, perfect storm, powder keg of disfunction.

- Smith and Rock could not care less about ABC's Oscar ratings, at least not enough to stage last night as some kind desperate attempt to gain viewership on behalf of a network/corporation neither have anything to do with or any financial stake in. Especially considering Jimmy Kimmel recently revealed that he was paid only $15K to host the Oscars. Smith and Rock are each beyond wealthy, and anything in the ballpark of $15K, or likely much less, to pull a stunt like that, wouldn't even register for someone like them, would probably in fact be considered an insult, and again, would be far too little to risk so much.

- I'm sorry, but not even the best actors on the planet could fake some of the very raw emotion we saw on display last night. That was simply too genuine and too real. Never mind all the actions and reactions of those close to Smith and Rock and in the building last night. You don't have Denzel Washington mediating and publicists rushing out during the commercial break to try and play damage control for a planned stunt like that. Not to mention the myriad reports we've read and seen after, none of which even remotely point to it being staged.

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It's crazy to me that people are still wondering if this was staged. Jadas face, Smiths face after he hit Rock (pure sincere rage), Rocks obvious and awkward stumbling for words right after out of sincere shock, and Smiths screaming was very very real.

Like I posted earlier my theory is that Smith was already coming into the night feeling insecure and angry about the world talking about his wife messing around on him. Then the night opens up with a barb from the hosts about Jada and Wills "open marriage ". He smiles publicly and awkwardly but stews inside. Then Rock says the joke and Smith tries to laugh it off awkwardly again but this time he sees Jadas face and like a pressure cooker he blows. IMO this has been building with him for quite some time. Dude probably needs serious therapy.

I'm also reminded of stories of how angry and enraged Will supposedly was when he found out the Impractical Jokers were mocking his kid and one even got a silly tattoo of him. He's obviously got some anger issues already built in.

There is one person that still needs an apology, Questlove. How many remember his acceptance speech immediately after the slap?

Is there a way to watch Summer of Soul without a Hulu sub?

Speaking of…

If Will Smith had done that to Dave Chappelle, Chappelle would be into his third uninterrupted hour of Jada jokes

— Tᴏɴʏ! Tᴏɴɪ! Tᴏɴᴇ́! 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚔 (R.I.P.) 🕙 (@StarkTTT) March 28, 2022