I don’t think this was staged ..don’t think the academy that desperate for attention ..there is a lot of woke but not unexpected as The academy announced a few yrs ago they were going to address women and minority inadequacies but Tangentially thinking about slaps/punches when I think back to movies in the 30’s and 40’s some were more realistic than others ie Cagney punches pretty good some of Bogies real poor ..any thoughts ?
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 1:10 PM Alan Adler <[email protected]> wrote: > Well spoken, Kirby. > > To me that slap was a moment where the normalization of insult met the > normalization of violence. > > Insult and roast culture have evolved a bit beyond Don Rickles to > sometimes painful and ugly, near physical attacks. > > And though it's difficult to condone a bad joke, it’s impossible to > condone violence. > > That slap set a dangerous precedent. > > Alan > > > > On Mar 28, 2022, at 7:37 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I"ll weigh in. It was a sorry moment in the history of the Oscars, and it > will be remembered as a sorry footnote to an otherwise lively > presentation. Chris Rock can be funny, but he, in my opinion, can also > veer into the unfunny / tasteless. Will Smith, in his acceptance speech, > looked like a man who had encountered the worst aspects of himself (we all > have them!) in front of millions of people. His acceptance speech was > served with big dollops of self-pity, and a reluctant, inspecific apology. > Chris Rock soldiered on. That's what professionals do. > > Hooray for the Academy organization for addressing diversity through > inclusion and for coming back from the covid abyss. And kudos to the > Academy members for their votes, which I thought were well taken. > > I thought the pictures and performances this year were especially worthy, > both the winners and the others. I won't call them losers, because they > aren't. > > Kirby McDaniel > movieart.com > > On Mar 28, 2022, at 12:29 AM, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ouch! > > I don't know when he finally processed it or if Jada egged him on but Will > Smith laughed pretty hard at the joke. > > Best moment since the streaker! > > On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 10:00 PM Bruce Hershenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjEoDypUD8 >> >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free. >> www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
