30-03-2022, 01:25 PM
(30-03-2022, 12:21 PM)ari101 Wrote: The slap would likely be deemed a misdemeanor Battery in California. Unless the victim wants to press charges, generally these are not legally pursued where there is no injury resulting.I just watched the unedited version that was aired in Australia. Will was actually laughing at the GI Jane joke at first but Jada looked really pissed off. I think it was only after he saw her reaction that he went up to hit Chris. Then he was shouting at him after he sat back down.
I thought it was a fake slap at first, it clearly wasn't, it was an inappropriate reaction to what turned out to be an inappropriate joke.
It was surprising the Academy took no action, I'm not sure what the right recourse should be but doing nothing isn't the answer.
It does raise the question too of where we draw the line with comedy generally. I understand Chris may not have written the joke or been aware of Jada's medical condition. Should people put up with jokes like this, or is all comedy that someone could possibly find offensive to be outlawed? If she had chosen the style (shaved), not because of a medical condition, the joke would seem fair game considering what we currently allow. It's an interesting question whether that standard needs to be revised.
I thought it was a publicity stunt as well when I heard about it, I remember some comedian hired an actor pretending to be a heckler to come up on stage and hit him, and Jim Carrey did it too with a wrestler as a stunt to promote his latest film, but you can see that Chris Rock was very rattled afterwards and he was messing up all his lines.