Academy Awards (Oscars 2022)

So funny that they only sign for the coda wins, and they zoom in on the queer winner when chastain talked about lgbt rights.

You are giving both Will Smith and Chris Rock far too much credit when it comes to acting. Especially the part after the slap where Smith is visibly pissed off.

Just watched it, the "joke" was a low blow, hard to feel sorry for Rock for getting a smack

This is the third or forth time Rock has taken aim at Smith and his wife in public. Between this and the constant trashing of their relationship and the jokes made about his wife( including on this thread) I'd say Smith had just about had enough.

Should Smith have slapped Rock? No

Did Rock deserve a slap? Absolutely

What was the point of the hosts?

What do you mean, what hosts?

The Oscars did away with having a host at all a few years ago

Personally I think the Oscars is worse off without a host.

Such a big hullabaloo but it happened at the Oscars so the media will live of this for a long time. I've watched the clip and aftermath from many angles, my take is Rocks joke was in poor taste but not warranting Smiths reactions.

Smith laughs at first but gets the crooked eye from Jada and over-reacts. I beleive he felt pressure to react somehow and his private life and wife's infidelities have been in the press lately so he's probably being feeling emasculated for a while and totally over-reacts. It was a hard slap and not faked but the second after Smiths slaps him and turns to walk back he is smiling then begins to swear at Rock from his seat.

I don't think Smith knew what he was doing on the walk up but just that he had to react somehow. He makes the wrong decision and in his seat immediately regrets it but has to commit so he doubles down and gives the verbals. Even though he didn't apologize directly to Rock in his acceptance speech I do think he is very embarrassed and regrets what he has done. He references playing the abusive father and hoping the academy will have him back. He is clearly embarrassed.

I understand the lack of sympathy for millionaire celebs but they are human at the end of the day. Smith was or at least felt publicly humiliated at an event with his peers and all the medias cameras on him, its not a natural environment and would be stressful for anyone.

I doubt Jada wanted her husband to react like that either. Its embarrassing for all parties but not worthy of a witch hunt. What Smith done was unacceptable given the occasion but not unforgivable.

Its literally a freak show now.

Due to criticism in the past they are ovecompensating in alot of categories. Nobody knows if people are getting the award on merit or because of quotas and identity politics.

Best Director - Female

Before last year there was one female best Director, now we have had 2 in a row, one a person of color.

Best Picture - Coda - Directed by a Female

The film is a remake for crying out loud and before last year only one Best Picture was directed by a female. Now we have had 2 in a row, again one a person of color.

Best Adapted Screenplay - Female, first female winner since 2005

Best Actor - Black

Best Supporting Actor - Deaf

Best Supporting Actress - Black and lesbian.

The show had 4 presenters, 3 female, two of whom were Black, Amy Schumer and Chris Rock .

No white male.

Most of the female presenters jokes were about men and white people, completely tone deaf.

Actors and Actresses full of their own self importance, virtue signalling, utter cringe.

Nobody wants to hear these rich pampered people lecture the public.

Nobody would have paid any notice to the ceremony but for Will Smiths antics.

Why only one slap? That is very odd.

I don't rate Will Smith as an actor or Chris Rock as a comedian btw

What a ridiculous thing to say about one of the greatest rappers of all time - he deserves far more respect than that regardless of what he said to Eminem

Yeah he didn't apologize to Rock in his speech but his mind was surely racing, the surprise of winning your first Oscar and the stress of having to give a speech with everyone who saw you embarrass yourself sitting right in front of you. Can't of been easy, his mind and heart rate surely racing, his actions were totally wrong and he knows it.

This should be the end of it, Smith embarrassed himself and forever tainted his win and will have to live with that. He's said sorry so lets move on. This doesn't deserve so much ink when people are having bombs dropped on them.