True! I guess, in their minds, there’s NO POSSIBLE WAY an “esteemed Hollywood elite actor” could ever be sooooo insecure as to have an irresponsible, unhinged, emotional, overboard reaction and outburst. Ha!
To be fair, I was confused about it at first. However, as a former TV Producer who has done live Tech Director (multi camera directing & switching) work (ironically for the DNC), I thought that there's no way that a seasoned TD would miss switching to cameras that would pick up the Smith's "staged" reaction to his wife's reaction and then leaving his chair. Also, purposefully planning to break FCC rules is another move that's too risky for the sanctimonious Academy that jealously guards their brand.
Yes, you see it on this thread. People just can’t comprehend that this was not staged by the Producers.
Nor was it staged by Rock.
It is possible that Smith planned to do something unconventional and used this moment as his opportunity but the idea that producers and Rock were in on this are preposterous.
the fallout is still happening. Lawsuits are no doubt being talked about. If I was Rock I would find some way to say that his lawyers told him he can’t talk about it and then make lawyer jokes or something in order not to say anything direct about it to preserve a lawsuit
Heck, Sykes and Schumer may also be demanding “after care” like Rock has been offered
The scary part about this is that if an actor was off his meds or having a meltdown there is no telling what he might do after he refused to leave. It was an explosive situation.