Six security guards? Apparently, the Academy took security a lot more seriously 50 years ago than they do now.
Or since 2002, when Lawrence Tierney died
Especially when you consider that, in 1973, John Wayne was 65 years old!
Agreed. His performance is based on background knowledge of the people he was roasting and if not explicitly rehearsed, will have at least been planned in some way. He won’t have just walked up there and ad-libbed the whole thing.
And down a lung.
He did call Joe Pesci “Baby Yoda” but then immediately followed up with “Don’t whack me, man!”. Also, it was at the Golden Globes so alternating insults between the attendees, the network, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is basically the only way to keep the attention of viewers, and indeed the people attending the ceremony.
The big difference is that Ricky Gervais is generally well liked while Chris Rock has basically worn down the last nerve of everyone in the entertainment industry, and making him host the Oscars was probably a punishment someone bestowed upon him in exchange for someone other than Tyler Perry casting him in an honest-to-got not direct-to-video production. That doesn’t excuse they physical altercation but the collective gasp of Rock being slapped was probably followed by a large portion of the audience saying, “About time!” under their breath.
Stranger
He didn’t host
People still like Ricky Gervais?
I used to admire Smith for the way he represented his culture so well and wasn’t prone to the popularized violence and swearing and acting out in public. Now I see that it was all a cover-up; he’s been just like that this whole time and has been hiding it.
I remember a Fresh Prince episode he did where he went back to his hometown and was ashamed of being a coward years earlier. In that episode he over-reacted and tried to start a fight with his old bully, who had matured and just ignored him. Weird to see Smith’s real life has mimicked that episode for decades. I wonder who wrote it.
I guess his lesson to the world is if you’re rich and famous it’s ok to avenge childhood traumas and assault people for doing everyday things you yourself have done countless times (don’t tell me Wil hasn’t cashed a lot of cheques for insulting countless people in his comedy shows over the years). Being a former comic himself he really made an ass of himself for not being able to take what he dishes out.
And he’s also made it clear he thinks women are too weak and dumb to defend themselves… or maybe just the rich ones… guess he never clarified that part.
According to IMDb, it was Maiya Williams and Eddie Gorodetsky.
What do you mean?
When you say “culture” and “that”, what do you mean, exactly?
He’s making an oral sex joke.
He’s talking about Black people, and how he believes they have a propensity to violence.
He received multiple standing ovations Wednesday night at a sold out show. Chris Rock fans are going to continue paying top dollar to see a great comic do his thing.
He did briefly note the incident but said the audience wasn’t going to hear any Oscars jokes because “I already wrote an hour of material for this show.”
That was funny, thanks. The audience seemed to find his jokes funny, too.
I’d say the one really excellent dig was the one about us all knowing whom Mel Gibson blamed for everything.
Ricky Gervais hosted the Globes 5 times. I guess nobody too powerful thought he went too far.
Cite that Chris Rock has gotten on every last nerve of everyone in the entertainment industry?
This is the first I’ve heard that. Not disputing you, but I’d like to read up on it myself.