During the award ceremonies Oscar 2022, Chris Rock had gone up on stage to present a series of shortlists and between jokes and jokes one in particular to Jada Pinkett Smith angered her husband Will Smith who went on stage and gave the comedian a violent open-handed slap.
Rose Espíndola He remembers that night and comments that after seeing the scene no one really knew what was going on. “It was a very tense moment but it was incredible how Chris Rock handled it,” Rose said.
On the other hand, the driver carlo cazon The composure of the comedian stands out for having managed anger since “it is not free for someone to come and hit you” but he also highlighted Chris’s way of doing humor, it is known that he is sometimes somewhat incisive with his jokes, however it is known that He’s a comedian and that’s what he does.
“I hadn’t realized that when she makes the joke, Will Smith smiles and she’s the one who makes the strange look and then her husband reacts,” says Carlo.
The debate revolves around whether the joke was wrong or right or if the intention was really to put it on stage and do it with a moralistic intention, without justifying it, the uncomfortable situation that Jada experienced is highlighted, however nothing can justify Will Smith’s attitude either “Not from the point that it was the focus, like ah, she could defend herself, she’s violent because of that, in reality, he’s not the one to stand up and hit someone like that,” Rose mentions.
“That same day, Will Smith, won for best actor. In that same ceremony when he first won, he apologized but no one realized what had happened, everyone applauded him as if nothing had happened, ”says Cazón.
“The question is, can humor exercise such violence to be answered with a punch? It is still a violent situation for both of them, but Will Smith’s is indefensible”, adds the driver.
The consequences were important to Will Smith as the Academia lo sanctioned by 10 years and he will not be able to attend the ceremonies or be nominated beyond the work he does in the industry. And on the other hand, he received the rejection of many people, leading actors among them Jim Carrey who also, on one occasion, spoke of this situation:
And finally, the fact that Chris Rock had never mentioned the subject was mentioned, beyond having been invited to all the important programs such as Jimmy Fallon, Ellen Degeneres, among others, the comedian did not accept any invitation, however, in his last special of Netflix refers to it:
Rose mentions at that moment the remarkable thing about the phrase “my parents have taught me never to fight in front of a white person” referring to the fact that people of color have always been singled out and considered violent or savage by whites, taking into account the historical facts.
“Humor cannot go down, if it is not violence, humor has to be against the powerful, it seems to me that this is the reading of Chris Rock. To close, the only victim was Jada, neither Chris rock nor Will Smith, the two were responsible but the only victim was her.”, closes Cazón.
