{"id":429372,"date":"2022-04-10T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T04:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-smith-must-return-oscar-to-restore-national-conscience-says-harry-lenix\/"},"modified":"2022-04-10T07:30:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T04:30:44","slug":"will-smith-must-return-oscar-to-restore-national-conscience-says-harry-lenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-smith-must-return-oscar-to-restore-national-conscience-says-harry-lenix\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will Smith must return Oscar to restore &#8216;national conscience,&#8217; says Harry Lenix"},"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-6a368bc912de5\" 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-6a368bc912de5\" 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\/will-smith-must-return-oscar-to-restore-national-conscience-says-harry-lenix\/#%E2%80%9CWill_Smith_must_return_Oscar_to_restore_%E2%80%98national_conscience_says_Harry_Lenix%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Will Smith must return Oscar to restore &#8216;national conscience,&#8217; says Harry Lenix&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWill_Smith_must_return_Oscar_to_restore_%E2%80%98national_conscience_says_Harry_Lenix%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Will Smith must return Oscar to restore &#8216;national conscience,&#8217; says Harry Lenix&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A member of the Motion Picture Academy called Will Smith\u2019s 10-year Oscar ban a \u201ctoothless penalty\u201d and said the performer should \u201cvoluntarily\u201d return his award for best actor.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran screen and stage actor Harry Lennix compared Smith\u2019s penalty for smacking Chris Rock over a joke \u201can extended time out for a playground bully\u201d that \u201clays bare the shallowness of Hollywood morals\u201d in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/columns\/harry-lennix-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-oscars-1235228965\/\">scathing Variety op-ed <\/a>Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lennix, a prolific character actor best known for his role in \u201cThe Five Heartbeats,\u201d said it was \u201cgalling\u201d for Smith to have been allowed to accept his \u201cKing Richard\u201d Oscar and refer to the \u201cwill of God\u201d in his speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmith\u2019s brutality s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped the entire evening of its prestige,\u201d Lennix, 57, wrote. \u201cThat was proven when stunned Oscar attendees gave a standing ovation to someone who\u2019d just committed an assault in front of their eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rock had cracked a bald joke about Smith\u2019s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia. Lennix had played a love interest of Pinkett Smith\u2019s character Niobe in \u201cThe Matrix\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388090436.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Will Smith accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for \u2018King Richard\u2019 during the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-21845531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388090436.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388090436.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388090436.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1388090436.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Will Smith accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award during the 94th Annual Academy Awards on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWith one deft blow, Will Smith created an existential crisis for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s,\u201d Lennix said. \u201cThe incident was such a jolt to societal norms that it will gnaw away at our national conscience until somehow properly atoned for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith resigned from the Academy before it levied its decade-long ban on the actor, but Lennix said the punishment did not fit the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stain on the Motion Picture Academy cannot be easily re<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ted. The only hope for a justifiable grace must involve Smith voluntarily returning his award for best actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Will Smith slaps Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-21845498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Will Smith slaps Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Smith apologized to Rock online a day after the incident. Rock had yet to speak in detail about the attack and declined to press charges.<\/p>\n<p>The Academy was said to be split on forcing Smith to return his trophy. Some dissenters noted that honorees convicted of serious crimes like Harvey Weinstein\u00a0and\u00a0Roman Polanski were allowed to hold onto theirs, while others argued the extremely public nature of Smith\u2019s attack demanded the unprecedented rescindment.\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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