I mentioned this on another post, but I think it is worth repeating:
I tend to think the whole thing was staged... I mean it happened between two ACTORS, literally ON A STAGE.
If it were real it would have happened differently - if it were real Chris Rock would have fought back (or ran) and security would have rushed the stage or at least approached Will Smith at his seat. Instead, Chris exclaimed what we all saw happened (or did we?) while Will walks back to his seat. No security, nothing. Will yells at Chris from his seat and things get genuinely awkward, but it's all part of the show folks.
Will Smith then goes on to win the award for 'Best Actor'. Can't make this up!
also worth mentioning that security was in no way prepared for anyone in the front row to do something like this, it was unprecedented.. it all happened so fast and no one knew what will was going to do until he did it..
as for fighting back, CHris is a consumate professional. He DID clench his fist and very quickly decided not to act or retaliate. I think its becuase he was in the limelight that he knew not to do it, and it was clear that will was retreating and not continuing to hit out..
if you watch that breakdown video in the comments you can see what i mean..
Good points, I wouldn't completely dismiss the idea that it's real, it wouldn't be absurd to assume it's real (we believe the reality presented to us), it just seems a little too cut and dry to me. Seems a little bit too scripted. Too ironic to be completely genuine. But that's just my opinion, my opinion could be wrong.
Everything odd about this can be explained. We're dealing with odd people in an odd situation. I will say that Chris Rock was authenticity uncomfortable after the incident. And you could cut the awkward silence with a knife as he tried to regain his composure.
Nice response! I have to say i love Chris! His comedy is genuinely funny and rarely at the expense of an individual.. he generally makes fun of life rather than people.. i rekon hes a goodun
And yes truly anything is possible and we can all just ponder and wonder what really goes on in this world!
Ps your attitude make me so happy regardless of whos right! Its a real breath of fresh air. I will be upvoting all your listnerds posts my friend!
thanks for your inputs here, i appreciate your comments! I wont try to push my views as you have already heard them.. but i would just say simply that its very hard to really interpret actions or events like this as they can be read in totally different ways.. ironically i come to the opposite conclusions based on the same facts!
One small one is that Will laughed at first, rather than pretended to get angry.. if he was faking this then wouldnt he have just pretended to be angry right from the start, instead of taking a cue from his wife? Will has a history of going over the top to protect his wife as i have seen in very old footage from an interview in Spain..
Of course none of us knows for sure,, thats why i watched this body language expert give his opinion ( its in the comments if you are interested) . I personally consider body language experts to be an amazing way to help decide if something is authentic or not as most of our subtle cues are way beyond faking..
anyways i totally agree, you can make this shit up!