Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock brought spontaneity to the Oscars. But only the gross kind.
This is the March 29, 2022, edition of the Wide Shot newsletter about the business of entertainment. If this was forwarded to you,In the rare event that the Oscars become essential live television viewing — the subject of coveted watercooler conversation — it’s usually for extremely embarrassing reasons.In 2017, sheer ineptitude led Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty to briefly crown “La La Land” best picture when “Moonlight” was the actual winner.
After half-apologizing and making excuses for his behavior by comparing himself to his “King Richard” character while accepting the Oscar for lead actor, Smith offered aon Monday. This time, unlike in his acceptance speech, he directed his apology to Rock, not just to the academy. But I doubt that this specific kind of absurd spontaneity will help keep people interested. How many viewers are going to sit in front of a 3 1/2-hour ABC telecast on the off chance that the star of “Down to Earth” will get his clock cleaned by a man who credibly played Muhammad Ali?
Oscars producer Will Packer, who had the thankless job of making the Oscars watchable this year, laughed off the incident with a tweet: “Welp…I said it wouldn’t be boring.”Shad Khan’s Black News Channel, launched in 2019,
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