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Chris Rock Declines to File Police Report After Will Smith Slap at Oscars, LAPD Says
Variety ^ | Mar. 27, 2022 | Zach Sharf

Posted on 03/27/2022 11:24:52 PM PDT by Rennes Templar

Edited on 03/28/2022 2:12:14 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The Los Angeles Police Department confirms to Variety that Chris Rock has “declined to file a police report” following an altercation with Will Smith at the 94th Academy Awards. Smith took to the stage during the 2022 Oscars and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith.


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To: caww

He was really stunned and probably in some pain, but he handled it well.


61 posted on 03/28/2022 1:01:38 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: Rennes Templar
I didn't watch the Oscars. Did Zelensky speak?

Whatever else, this slap pushed Zelensky out of the Oscar story.

If it was staged, I don't think the Academy was involved. The Academy is very prissy. It likes to imagine itself as dignified.

62 posted on 03/28/2022 1:04:23 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Lopeover

Chris Rock is not going to press charges against Smith, who is very powerful in Hollywood, and Rick is trying to make a comeback. Not going to happen.


63 posted on 03/28/2022 1:05:18 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: Mount Athos

“but is there any chance it was a publicity stunt?”

my thought exactly as i clicked on the link


64 posted on 03/28/2022 1:05:20 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: alexander_busek

I think you are overthinking this.


65 posted on 03/28/2022 1:09:56 AM PDT by vivenne (")
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To: vivenne
I think you are overthinking this.

Me - and several hundred other FReepers in the other threads on this same topic.

Me - and several million other people who will be chatting about this around the water cooler tomorrow.

I'm retired, and have got the time.

Regards,

66 posted on 03/28/2022 1:19:28 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Jaysin

So now for future shows the Academy and ABC has to do nothing but let the Hollywood press pre sell that dying spectacle as a possible Smith/Rock rematch starring two other actors.


67 posted on 03/28/2022 1:20:54 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Houserino

It should be possible to analyze the audio...


68 posted on 03/28/2022 1:27:59 AM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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To: Rennes Templar

If there are no charges or indictments, assume it’s fake. And ignore.

Like everything else that takes place in Hollywood, DC, in front of cameras for media.


69 posted on 03/28/2022 1:46:03 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Rennes Templar

Per the controversy over real vs fake... I’ve only seen the Rumble upload of the event, but as a former live TV Tech Director for part of my career, I found it convenient that there were 2 wide shot stage left and stage right angles of Smith’s approach to the stage, his hit, and walk back. It appears that the TV Tech Director knew it was coming. Had he NOT expected it, it would more likely have resulted in the medium close up of Rock, with Smith entering the shot, and THEN the Tech Director scrambling for an extreme wide shot for cover along with a few “panicked” switch mistakes. The streaker entering David Niven’s shot might be an example of what I’m speculating about.


70 posted on 03/28/2022 1:52:51 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Conversely, and contradicting my own theory, if I were the TD and knew it was coming, I would have made damn sure that I got coverage of Smith leaving his seat and tracking him up to the stage, then cutting to a medium shot of Rock looking worried or confused, all for better drama.


71 posted on 03/28/2022 2:12:54 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: L.A.Justice

The whole of Hollywood is a fake. Our politicians have learned the craft from them. Just slough of all the grubs and larvae of those industries.
The farce works cuz enough people are to lazy or bored to figure it out and so profit is generated for the practitioners.


72 posted on 03/28/2022 2:14:02 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Rennes Templar

Why is a police report needed? There’s plenty of evidence of what happened. Police don’t need a report to be filed if he had owned a magazine with one too many capacity, so, somehow this slap isn’t a real crime.


73 posted on 03/28/2022 2:24:04 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: Bob434

74 posted on 03/28/2022 2:27:42 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Rennes Templar
Jada Pinkett-Smith has slapped Will Smith harder than Will Smith slapped Chris Rock.

Actors, stage...lights, cameras, action.

75 posted on 03/28/2022 2:29:55 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Rennes Templar

is that the proper response to a mean joke?

btw will was laughing at the joke


76 posted on 03/28/2022 2:32:24 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Rennes Templar

What was the joke??


77 posted on 03/28/2022 2:34:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Rennes Templar
Of course there would be no charges filed. It was definitely a "work" and an "angle" in pro-wrestling parlance. The viewership for the oscars has been declining, and this stunt gave it the necessary buzz to get people to 'care' about it again. Two actors doing what actors do. They put on a performance in order to get people talking about the oscars, which no one has cared about in years once they went all political and "woke".

Chris Rock "no-sold" the slap in order to "keep his heat" and not look like a 'punk'. I am sure that was agreed upon when it was being planned. He kept his hands behind his back the whole time and moved with the direction of the slap without trying to back away or put his hands up to block it. Clearly a stunt, but Smith had to actually make contact for it to look authentic.

The objective was achieved. More people are talking about the oscars after this "incident" than have ever talked about it in the last few decades.

78 posted on 03/28/2022 2:47:57 AM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: Mount Athos
I don’t know much about this story and didn’t see the video, but is there any chance it was a publicity stunt?

It was absolutely a publicity stunt.

79 posted on 03/28/2022 2:52:56 AM PDT by American Infidel (Instead of vilifying success, try to emulate it)
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To: Mount Athos
"is there any chance it was a publicity stunt?"

Juicy Smell-it 2.0 Not that I really care.

80 posted on 03/28/2022 2:57:42 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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