The slap of Will Smith: a slap at the Oscars in one place would have been accepted
Will Smith’s Oscar slap was a hideous display of toxic masculinity – but did it set the stage for more celebrities to behave the same way?
Will Smith’s slap was a disgusting act of toxic masculinity that had no place at an esteemed event like the Oscars, but it’s exactly the kind of bogan display we expect to see at the Logies.
No! Don’t expect. Demand!
The night of Australian TV nights returns in June after a pandemic-enforced two-year hiatus and it’s a pimple that’s ready to pop. As Australian movie stars gather on the Gold Coast for the celebrations, we viewers can only hope she embraces the carefree attitude to what has become the most controversial moment in Oscars history. .
Will Smith took the stage at this week’s ceremony and slapped Chris Rock for making a throwaway joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, having high Logies energy.
“Jada I love you, GI Jane 2I can’t wait to see it,” Rock said of Pinkett Smith’s shaved head while referencing a mock remake of the ’90s film that saw a balding Demi Moore star.
Some people defended Smith’s aggressive reaction, saying Jada spoke publicly about her suffering from alopecia
“Love will make you do crazy things,” Smith said in his speech as he accepted the Best Actor gong for his role in King Richardmoments after delivering the punch.
The world is divided.
The Will Smith smackeroo became an unintended remake of Christos Tsiolkas’ 2008 novel, The slapabout the fallout that occurs when a man scolds a misbehaving friend’s child with a slap in the face at a barbecue.
Of course, Hollywood had to put its own glamorous spin on the original source material. A suburban barbecue? Boring. Change the setting to Oscars. And instead of a naughty kid, make it Chris Rock.
Anyway, now that the line has been crossed, it paves the way for more slappers. That’s what happens with things like that. It is never an isolated incident. Get ready to see more copycat slappers.
Like at Logies. The Australian Emmy Awards (*snort*) have always been tasteless, so people getting drunk and slapping themselves really wouldn’t be out of place. In fact, it’s surprising that this hasn’t happened before.
After Tom Gleeson hijacked the Gold Logie votes with a smear campaign against his fellow nominees and won the award in 2019, Amanda Keller absolutely should have stormed the stage and slapped him, Will Smith-Style.
It would have been the slap in the face heard around the Gold Coast. And unlike the Oscars incident, where the police got involved and told Chris Rock he could press charges, the Surfer’s Paradise cops wouldn’t have raised an eyebrow.
Drunk people slapping each other on the Gold Coast? It’s all in one day. If someone even tried to report a slap from Logies, the cops would just shrug their shoulders and say, “…And?
In fact, because the two-year hiatus from the awards show allowed Tom Gleeson to retain the Gold Logie title for a long time, Amanda Keller would still be allowed to slap him at the June ceremony. A retroactive slap.
Stars slapping people is very “old Hollywood” diva behavior. Faye Dunaway is famous for slapping people she can’t stand.
“My first day on set, she slapped me,” Rutanya Alda, who appeared with the screen icon in the 1981 film Dear Mumsay it New York Post.
Broadway wig designer Paul Huntley, who worked with Dunaway on a 1996 tour, also witnessed her penchant for the hit.
“Faye didn’t like the way the hairpins were presented and she slapped my assistant’s hand,” he said. “(The assistant) was horrified and didn’t know what to do.”
In 2019, Dunaway was fired from the play bound for Broadway Tea at five for allegedly slapping a crew member.
Slapping in Hollywood is nothing new and it’s great to see Faye passing the torch to Will Smith. It’s a strange mentor-protege couple, but we’ll accept it.
Soon, slapping people will be part of our daily lives. All trends reverberate from Hollywood and into society. UGG Boots. Botox. Now slap.
There’s a guy in my cafe humming. He needs to be slapped. I also want to slap the Coles attendant who always stands in the way of everyone at the self-service checkouts.
Then there’s the vending machine delivery guy who randomly placed a Crunchie in front of all the Twisties, which meant that to access the Twisties I had to buy the Crunchie first.
The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I should hide in the shadows of my office kitchenette and wait for that ridiculous delivery driver to arrive with the next refill of stock. Then, out of nowhere, I’ll pop out from behind the refrigerator and slap twice – one with each hand.
“This one’s for Dunaway!” And this one is for Smith!
Love will make you splurge? Yeah. And the Twisties too.
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