Blog 32: And the Oscar for Best Dumpsterfire Show Goes To….

The Oscars reminded us once again that Hollywood is one giant joke. The ceremony dedicated to celebrities patting each other on their backs for their achievements has never been quite entertaining in the last few years, but this year’s ceremony changed that, just for the wrong reasons. We all had a week to soak the news in, so let’s get this show on the road.

First of all, this is the first time in five years that the Oscars has any hosts and they get Amy Schumer to be one of those hosts. A bag of rocks would have been a funnier choice instead of her, the woman couldn’t tell a good joke to save her life. Regina Hall has had some good roles in movies and is somewhat entertaining, and Wanda Sykes is actually hilarious. Hell, Wanda should have hosted the whole ceremony on her own so we didn’t have sit through Amy doing incest jokes about Jake Gyllenhaal and his sister, make a joke about Kirsten Dunst being a “seat warmer”, and we would have never been forced to see this:

Out of all the comedians in Hollywood that the Oscars could have had as a host, they go with this dollar store jester?! Then there was that cringe segment with Regina Hall doing “Covid pat downs” on Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa.

This isn’t a jab at Regina Hall, but this skit alone is just weird no matter who does it. I have no idea what any of them were thinking here. Wanda Sykes is actually funny, so no problems with her performance as host. Now let’s get to the real reason why we’re here. This:

THE SLAP HEARD AROUND THE WORLD!

Will Smith smacked the shit out of Chris Rock after he made a G.I. Jane bald joke involving Jada Smith, and this smack aired on live tv! I was in utter shock at what Will was doing because I thought Rock’s joke was kind of lame. Then I learned that Jada Smith has alopecia, which is a medical condition causes her hair to fall out in chunks due to stress. I originally thought she shaved her head to make a fashion statement, not because of alopecia. Chirs Rock didn’t know about Jada’s medical condition at the time, but that guy tanked Will’s smack like a champ. Will yelled at Chris after the slap saying “Keep my wife’s name out of your fucking mouth”(this was censored in America, but thankfully Austraila doesn’t censor cursing because their cool), and the rest of the show was awkward, especially when Will was awarded best actor shortly after the slap.

He then went on to give the longest award speech for that show, in which he spoke about how violence is a nasty entity that we should try to resist, and he also apologized to the academy and the audience while he was crying. He doesn’t give an actual apology to Chris Rock until the very next day on Instagram:

This apology does look thoughtful and truthful, but this whole thing has already blown-up all over the internet. Excellent memes are being made from the slap, celebrities are taking sides, the whole thing is a mess. In a recent interview on CBS Mornings, Jim Carrey gave his thoughts on the whole fiasco saying that he was “…sickened. I was sickened by the standing ovation. I felt like Hollywood is just spineless….”. The link to the whole interview is right here: https://youtu.be/Cd9qrDtXq0E

Jim Carrey stated that he holds no ill-will against Will Smith, and he believes that he might be going through some personal issues that might have manifested into the slap. I agree with this since I believe that the slap wasn’t meant for Chris Rock, but it was meant for Jada Smith because he is growing sick of this open-marriage thing they have. His relationship with Jada has grown so toxic that is making Will lose his mind, and the best thing for the both of them is to get a divorce.

It also be noted that the Academy asked Will to leave because of the slap, but he refused. Now Will is claiming that he was never asked to leave in the first place, and I believe him since they wouldn’t have asked him to leave if he was scheduled to win an award later that night. Even if the Academy won’t penalize Will for his actions, it seems like the rest of Hollywood might be doing that already. Netflix and Sony are canceling their projects relating to Will Smith and the potential “Bad Boys 4” movie has been put on hold until further notice.

Does it suck that Will Smith is losing his projects? Yes. Did he bring this upon himself? Yes. Did he ruin the reputation of himself and his family for defending his toxic wife? It’s starting to look like that. What I find idiotic is that there are people online who stand with Will Smith for “defending” his wife, and the people who stand with Chris Rock are getting riduculed! It pains me to see that some people are ok with assaulting a person just because they said something they thought was mean.

I don’t hate Will, I’m just a little disappointed in him. The man really needs to get out of his marriage for the sake of his mental health, that’s all I can say for him.

Hope you all enjoyed reading about this hot mess. Leave a like and comment if you want, I really enjoy reading your feedback. This is your friendly neighborhood cosplayer saying good-bye, and see you next time.