The moment was an almost perfect physical enactment of so-called cancel culture. Rock’s joke was A) Mean-spirited and B) kind of hack, and not that funny. But instead of waiting to make a statement in an interview, or even address it in what was almost certainly going to be his Best Actor Acceptance Speech, Smith literally shuts his mouth. Rock was a Dick, but Smith was an asshole, and his “Love will make you do crazy things” line in his Acceptance speech did not rehabilitate him in my eyes.
It was also interesting to me that Smith used the character he was playing, Richard Smith, as an excuse for his behavior. People didn’t just say Richard was crazy, he really was crazy, and while he was also something of a savant, that did not erase his assholitry. All that said, after Denzel (I did see all the nominated best actors, and never saw a performance that has stayed with me longer than his Macbeth) Smith was most deserving of his Oscar. On Sun, 27 Mar 2022 at 9:17 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *PGage > > *>*Jada has alopecia,a NDT has talked about how difficult it has been, so > it was kind of a Dick move to joke about it. But Smith’s reaction was over > the top, and technically criminal. > > > > I’ve reached out to Chris Rock on Twitter, offering myself – a “son of a > bald” sufferer with a self-described Mr-T-photo-negative head – as a > replacement focus. (I’ve also asked for exclusive use of Parkinson’s jokes > on Dad, but my wheelchair-bound brother is on his own. Thanks, ADA!) > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/014701d8425a%24c428d5d0%244c7a8170%24%40suddenlink.net > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/014701d8425a%24c428d5d0%244c7a8170%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL3nMXioPBVe7x%2B0Q2WKhUNDqpv5tb5%2B3%3Dd%3DCFnNEjp0g%40mail.gmail.com.
