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Black Hat wrote: tenia - You're one of the smartest people on this forum so, I know you could do much better than that. Violence is, obviously, never the answer but it is part of the human condition and this revealed how little a grasp people have on how fights work, exhibit a: the man hit him and then turned his back!

domino harvey wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:02 am Don’t ask questions of Black Hat, he’ll just answer them

Black Hat wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 5:33 amBrian - Ha, I'm no tough guy but, sure, I've been held accountable a few times. You haven't?

hearthesilence wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:28 pm The irrelevance of this fact (and the viral clip to which it pertains) was already settled, but here's the answer anyway: John B. Williams does not have alopecia (" a topical treatment he received for a case of the measles affected the texture of his hair, so he decided to shave everything off one day and never looked back"), and FWIW Rolling Stone also got his take on the whole thing.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock, but Smith refused.

“Things unfolded in a way we could not have anticipated,” the academy said in a statement. “We also recognize we could have handled the situation differently.”

(...) The academy said it is providing Smith with “at least 15 days’ notice of a vote regarding his violations and sanctions, and the opportunity to be heard beforehand by means of a written response.” The board will meet again on April 18, at which point it “may take any disciplinary action, which may include suspension, expulsion, or other sanctions.”

Finch wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:44 pm Washington Post reports that Smith was asked to leave but refused

mfunk9786 wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:11 pm Prediction that is not based upon my opinion of the incident but instead just what I expect:

One year suspension from voting/attending the ceremony, keeps his award, Jada presents the documentary category next year and gets a standing O

domino harvey wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:22 pm I don't know about Pinkett-Smith being invited to present, but I would bet any amount of money that the rest of your prediction is dead on. They'll give him a slap on the wrist to show they did something, but of course a one year suspension from the Academy isn't really a consequence at all.

"Will Smith will have to go to the theater to see Avatar 2 rather than watch his screener on his laptop from the first class cabin," the Academy said in a stern official statement.

domino harvey wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:58 pm Unbelievable. Allow me to quote an old bit by one of the hosts, “I didn’t realize that was optional!”

Brian C wrote: Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:29 pm I thought his performance in King Richard was one of the worst award-winning performances I've ever seen in my life, but I'd be very much opposed to taking the award away. I don't know if that's really on the table or not, but however much of an asshat he is, he actually did win that award and pretending otherwise is pure revisionism.

I have deliberately avoided the violent episode that is the only thing talked about the next day. I was barely four meters from where it happened. In the general overhead shots, I am the little white head you see in the photo.

I refuse to let that episode mark the gala and be the protagonist of a ceremony where many more things happened and of much greater interest. For example, “Drive My Car,” without a doubt my favorite film of the year, won Best International Feature Film. And also “Summer of Soul,” my favorite documentary.

Still, as I said, I was very close to the protagonists. What I saw and heard produced a feeling of absolute rejection in me. Not only during the episode, but afterward, too, in the acceptance speech — a speech that seemed more like that of a cult leader. You don’t defend or protect the family with your fists, and no, the devil doesn’t take advantage of key moments to do his work.

The devil, in fact, doesn’t exist. It is a fundamentalist speech that we should neither hear nor see. Some claim that this was the only real moment in the ceremony, but they are talking about the faceless monster that is the social media. For them, avid for carrion, it undoubtedly was the great moment of the night.