If there is one event who shook the world cultural at the end of the month of March, it is indeed the Will Smith slaps Chris Rock during the Oscars 2022 ceremony. An event that does not fail to react the different actors of the cinematic scene American on the repercussions -or not- of violent gesture of Will Smith.
Will Smith: the actors speak
In fact, they are many people with their opinion on the 2022 Oscars ceremony ! Some don’t have their tongues in their pocket, like the Chris Rock’s brother, Kenny, believing that Smith only had “no respect to belittle him in front of millions of spectators“ or even Jim Carrey who estimates that if it had been him, he would have sued him for 200 million dollars because the shame is present in video and circulates everywhere. Others are more measured and use common sense, like Daniel Radcliff, whose opinion can be found here. Recently, it is the actor Harry Lennix, notably present in the DCEU, in man of steel Where Justice League as Lieutenant Swanswick who spoke. Unsurprisingly, he condemns Will Smith’s gesture and even wants to go further, asking him to return his Oscar:
At this point, the only person who can redeem the integrity of the Oscars is Smith himself. He must face the gravity of the offense he committed: slapping Rock, live March 27 in front of millions on the Oscars stage. Smith is to express mail his gold trophy to the Academy and publicly state something like, “Out of respect for the 94 years of honor conferred on this award, I do not feel worthy of being its custodian. .” Smith’s brutality stripped the entire evening of its prestige, which was proven when stunned Oscar-goers gave a standing ovation to someone who had just committed an assault before their very eyes… This stain on the Oscars cannot be easily The only hope of a justifiable pardon must involve Smith voluntarily returning his Best Actor award.
A gesture that has become cult
Hollywood is a very closed and restricted environment. It is extremely difficult to enter, and conversely very easy to be expelled. Many actors have experienced abrupt career endings. the Weinstein scandal is the most blatant proof that a few elites manage to sit enormous power over the entire film industry of the country. If you’ve been living in a cave for the past two weeks, you probably don’t know that acclaimed actor Will Smith took the stage to slap host and comedian Chris Rock after a questionable joke about the wife’s alopecia. actor. A gesture that turned the Internet and the world of cinema upside down, making many actors talk and hiding certain eventslike the retirement of Bruce Willis, very ill and suffering from aphasia (a symptom of stroke in particular).
Will Smith has already been heard by the Academy of Oscars, AMPAS. The council that manages the ceremony has indeed decided toban Will Smith for 10 years any ceremony and associated awards. Will Smith had been a member of the academy since 2001. The actor is already paying for the repercussions of his gesture, since his production company, Westbrook Studios, has already received requests for withdrawal of participation. Sony, which owns the rights to the films bad boys and Netflix for whom Smith was to shoot Fast & Loose have already announced that they want to stop their production with the actor currently, while waiting to learn more about the sanctions decided by the Oscars commission.
