Another thought about Will Smith's 'Incident'
What I find comical, are the number of Comedians lining up to get their shots in on Will Smith. I'm pretty sure that Will regrets getting caught up in whatever moved him into getting out his seat, going on that Live Stage, & then smacking Chris Rock. Will's apology to Chris has been dissected by Mainstream Media, but few even mention Chris's apology to Will, where he admits overstepping his boundaries. For the most part, it looks like these 2 decades old friends are on the road to reconciliation.
Meanwhile, Comedians are having a literal Field Day w/ the incident. All of them zero in on Jada's misgivings, & they question Will's actions in an assortment of Case Scenarios- 'If So & So was on that Stage'... They're appalled @ Will's actions, & many fear that he has given The Public a green light to attack Comedians On Stage. I don't really see how, when U consider all of the Security present @ Comedy Shows. Many of them know Will personally, but they have No Problem w/ him getting jail time. Jim Carey went further, saying Chris should sue Will for $200M.
It's pretty surreal, watching so many acting more offended by that slap, than Chris Rock. The Cherry On Top, has to be Amy Schumer's claim of feeling 'Triggered & Terrified' by Will's actions... Huh?! How does Will responding to Jada's personal pain become an issue of how it affects White Women? Amy Schumer has played this dog whistle game in the past, & she's made more than one off color comment about Blackfolk in the past. I guess that makes the Chocolate Sauce on this 'Nutsy Cuckoo Sundae', all of those Blackfolk falling in line w/ Mainstream sentiment.
The Warrior Class do not condone Will's timing, but they cannot condemn his motivation. Love is abstract & unconditional. Despite having their personal business being made Public knowledge, they have weathered their storms & pressed on. People forget that Will & Jada have a bond that has also been made Public knowledge. They have admitted that their lifestyle is alternative, & have been pretty graceful about handling the stones & arrows that came their way over the years.
Mechee X makes a great point of pointing out that Chris Rock didn't have to take a swipe @ Jada on the Biggest Day of Will's career. He didn't have similar jokes for White women in the audience, why single her out? Then there's the Motion Picture Academy's ass covering move of putting out how Chris Rock went 'freestyle' @ that point in The Program, but no one thought anything of it. Denzel Washington told Will: 'At the moment you reach your highest peak, is when The Devil will come for you'.
It's interesting that this fiasco happened on a night of Black Excellence @ the Academy Awards. Will Packer produced the 1st Program w/ an All Black Production Team, featuring Co Hosts Wanda Sykes & Regina Hall. Will Smith was the odds on favorite to win Best Actor, Quest Love won an Oscar for his Documentary: 'Summer Of Soul', & Samuel Jackson won a Lifetime Achievement Award. Interesting how this freak incident happened on This Night. I also find it funny how Will is obliged to resign from The Academy of Motion Pictures for an incident that garnered them their largest audience in years.
And let's not forget poor Chris Rock, who is selling out Shows since that offensive slap. There may be a darker narrative to all of this. My question about The Whole Thing is: Why is Society getting so bent out of shape over a Black man acting 'Manly'? A lot of these Mainstream Comedians & Commentators are more concerned w/ Will's action, than they are w/ where it happened. To the Comedians shook up over hecklers coming for them, I say: learn how to knuckle up, so they know not to Test you.
I never been a fan of 'Insult Comics'. People don't pay good money to have themselves or their dates insulted in front of a Live Audience. Maybe Will's action will alert these Comedians that there's a Line that they shouldn't cross. We live in a Culture that is spoiled & unrestrained; maybe Will is just a harbinger of a Social Correction. In a larger sense, maybe Society is shook up by Will's (so called) aggressive behavior, because he was deemed 'non- threatening' or 'harmless'; what are the less than agreeable Types capable of?
Amy Schumer's dog whistle certainly plays into This narrative- and the ink on The Emmitt Till Anti Lynching Law is barely dry.