[Genuine Realist]

So making fun of AA person’s disease on national tv is ok now.  And yes I know it is

Apparently she's made jokes about it before. Even Will was laughed at Rock's joke. Then he saw Jada not laughing. . . .

In hindsight (seriously, how many people knew that Jada had a disease that caused hairless), maybe the joke was in poor taste, but Rock certainly didn't warrant getting slapped over it.

It's one thing to privately admit that you're gay, or that you have alopecia.  It's quite another to have someone out you in front of billions of people. That costs you acting jobs and income. In a less enlightened time, Tom Hulce literally outed David Hyde Pierce when he strongly implied that he was guy. Hyde-Pierce's face was something to behold, as was Jada Pinkett's. And I agree, I don't think Will Smith intended to slap Chris Rock until he saw his wife's reaction.

Here's the unexpirgated language:

Watch the uncensored moment Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars, drops F-bomb - YouTube

Hulce? David Hyde Pierce? News to me.

For my money, Will Smith joined the Frank Sinatra/Bill Cosby club of performers witb a reputation for good humor and good sense, who suddenly display a violent anti-social streak. If you look at the roles he has been cast in lately, except paradoxically King Richard, few if any would be available to him. 

Ño more calls from Disney.

[Genuine Realist]

So making fun of AA person’s disease on national tv is ok now.  And yes I know it is

Apparently she's made jokes about it before. Even Will was laughed at Rock's joke. Then he saw Jada not laughing. . . .

In hindsight (seriously, how many people knew that Jada had a disease that caused hairless), maybe the joke was in poor taste, but Rock certainly didn't warrant getting slapped over it.

It's one thing to privately admit that you're gay, or that you have alopecia.  It's quite another to have someone out you in front of billions of people. That costs you acting jobs and income. In a less enlightened time, Tom Hulce literally outed David Hyde Pierce when he strongly implied that he was guy. Hyde-Pierce's face was something to behold, as was Jada Pinkett's. And I agree, I don't think Will Smith intended to slap Chris Rock until he saw his wife's reaction.

Here's the unexpirgated language:

Watch the uncensored moment Will Smith smacks Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars, drops F-bomb - YouTube

Hulce? David Hyde Pierce? News to me.

For my money, Will Smith joined the Frank Sinatra/Bill Cosby club of performers witb a reputation for good humor and good sense, who suddenly display a violent anti-social streak. If you look at the roles he has been cast in lately, except paradoxically King Richard, few if any would be available to him. 

Ño more calls from Disney.