{"id":422885,"date":"2022-03-28T22:03:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/oscars-will-police-how-diverse-you-are-but-violence-thats-fine\/"},"modified":"2022-03-28T22:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T19:03:40","slug":"oscars-will-police-how-diverse-you-are-but-violence-thats-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/oscars-will-police-how-diverse-you-are-but-violence-thats-fine\/","title":{"rendered":"#Oscars will police how diverse you are, but violence? That&#8217;s fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a97021aa3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a97021aa3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/oscars-will-police-how-diverse-you-are-but-violence-thats-fine\/#%E2%80%9COscars_will_police_how_diverse_you_are_but_violence_Thats_fine%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Oscars will police how diverse you are, but violence? That&#8217;s fine&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9COscars_will_police_how_diverse_you_are_but_violence_Thats_fine%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Oscars will police how diverse you are, but violence? That&#8217;s fine&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Maureen Callahan\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/maureen-callahan-author2.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If Will Smith had sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed one of the female hosts at last night\u2019s Oscars, onstage in front of millions, would there even be a debate about consequences?<\/p>\n<p>Then again \u2026 Hollywood wonders why most Americans find it hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>And Academy leaders wonder how to reverse the struggle for eyeballs and relevance.<\/p>\n<p>Surely this is not the water-cooler moment they had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Picture it: Smith rises from his seat, strides to the stage and, in a premeditated attack, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/amy-schumer-jokes-about-will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-2022-slap\">strikes Amy Schumer <\/a>or Wanda Sykes across the face \u2014 over a joke! \u2014 then walks off with a smirk, a \u201clook-at-what-a-man-I-am\u201d swagger, and proceeds to curse and threaten further violence.<\/p>\n<p>Smith would have been escorted from his seat and removed from the theater. A-listers would have rushed to console the victim. Smith\u2019s category might have been announced off air, his much-longed-for Best Actor Oscar revoked.<\/p>\n<p>Or so one would hope.<\/p>\n<p>This is, after all, the organization that gave Roman Polanski an Oscar, along with a standing ovation, in 2003. This is the town that turned a blind eye to Harvey Weinstein for decades.<\/p>\n<p>And they thought Volodymyr Zelensky could benefit from their halo effect! <\/p>\n<p>All the codes Smith violated last night \u2014 aside from decency and humanity \u2014 were put in place by the Academy post-#MeToo. Apparently the rules don\u2019t apply if the victim happens to be another black man.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously: What kind of message does this arrogant, virtue-signaling organization think it\u2019s sending?<\/p>\n<p>How could his peers give Smith a standing ovation after he assaulted Chris Rock?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/will-smith-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Smith accepting the award for Best Actor after the altercation with Rock.\" class=\"wp-image-21690708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/will-smith-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/will-smith-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/will-smith-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smith accepting the award for Best Actor after the altercation with Rock.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regrettably, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/28\/judd-apatow-says-will-smith-could-have-killed-chris-rock\">Judd Apatow deleted his tweet <\/a>stating the obvious: \u201cHe could have killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What if Rock had been knocked down and hit his head? Bob Saget \u2014 whom the snobbish Academy excluded from the \u201cIn Memoriam\u201d tribute \u2014 died that way (allegedly).<\/p>\n<p>And because it hasn\u2019t been said enough, Rock was the epitome of class last night.<\/p>\n<p>After making a toothless joke about Jada Pinkett Smith resembling Demi Moore in \u201cG.I. Jane,\u201d Rock kept his cool after getting sucker-smacked, and after Smith threatened Rock from his seat, twice \u2014 \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your f\u2014ing mouth!\u201d \u2014 attempting to humiliate him.<\/p>\n<p>Like the pro he is, Rock humiliated Smith. \u201cWow, dude,\u201d Rock said. \u201cIt was a \u2018G.I. Jane\u2019 joke.\u201d Yes: It was just a joke.<\/p>\n<p>But now we\u2019ve seen behind the mask. Smith has spent decades crafting an affable, family-guy persona. How quick he was to violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-washington.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Denzel Washington comforting Smith during the ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-21690725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-washington.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-washington.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-washington.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Denzel Washington comforting Smith during the ceremony.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Smith behaves like this on live TV, in front of his bosses and peers, on a global telecast \u2014 well, one wonders what he\u2019s like behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>And not for nothing, but this is a couple that has made their most intimate problems public. The excuse of \u201cdefending your wife\u201d is less convincing when you\u2019ve already discussed open marriage and Jada\u2019s affair with her son\u2019s friend and Will\u2019s visit to a tantric sex expert after one of their separations. It\u2019s also retrograde and sexist \u2014 the idea that \u201cthe little woman\u201d can\u2019t stand up, or speak, for herself.<\/p>\n<p>When you commodify all your dirty laundry, whether in a memoir or on a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> show, you don\u2019t get to act like your dignity\u2019s been violated.<\/p>\n<p>As Rebel Wilson quipped while hosting the BAFTAs: \u201cI thought [Smith\u2019s] best performance over the past year was being okay with all his wife\u2019s boyfriends!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adding literal insult to injury, the Academy let Smith accept his Oscar. His speech was a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m being called on in my life to love people and protect people and be a river to my people,\u201d Smith said in part. \u201cI want to be a vessel for love \u2026 I want to apologize to the Academy. I want to apologize to all my fellow nominees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No apology to Rock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove will make you do crazy things,\u201d Smith said. Anyone who has ever dealt with an abuser knows what that\u2019s code for: \u201cIt was all your fault. You made me do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry all <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/03\/27\/denzel-washington-comforts-will-smith-after-chris-rock-fight\/\">jumped out of their seats to comfort Smith<\/a>. Of course, one could argue they were trying to calm him down, but I\u2019d say that\u2019s a job for security.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-pinkett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have aired details about their relationship publicly in recent years.\" class=\"wp-image-21690741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-pinkett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-pinkett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-pinkett.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have aired details about their relationship publicly in recent years.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not that security was anywhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the Academy waited to assess public opinion \u2014 hot tip: it\u2019s not good \u2014 before debating whether to revoke Smith\u2019s Oscar.<\/p>\n<p>Please. Like they have the guts. Certainly not after Smith was greeted like a conquering hero at all of last night\u2019s parties. Rock, meanwhile, was offered Academy-sponsored therapy!<\/p>\n<p>FUBAR doesn\u2019t begin to cover it.<\/p>\n<p>There should absolutely be consequences here. Most obviously, Smith should not be permitted, as per custom, to present next year\u2019s award for Best Actress. If the Academy wants to send a message about violence, that\u2019s a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, Weinstein was God, Polanski didn\u2019t commit \u201crape-rape\u201d and Woody Allen was a genius with some minor eccentricities.<\/p>\n<p>Consider that, as of 2024, the Academy won\u2019t nominate any film for Best Picture that doesn\u2019t meet its quota of gay, disabled or persons of color in specific departments. Ever righteous is the Academy.<\/p>\n<p>But sure, unprovoked violence \u2014 it\u2019ll reward that.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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That&#8217;s fine&#8221; If Will Smith had slapped one of the female hosts at last night\u2019s Oscars, onstage in front of millions, would there even be a debate about consequences? Then again \u2026 Hollywood wonders why most Americans find it hypocritical. 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