“no comment” is a comment. It is not the comment you expect, It is not the comment we wished we had, nor what we should have had. But it is what we have moving forward.
While thousands who either knew both individuals, or had ever seen either one in any movie or television program felt compelled to offer an opinion I felt no compulsion to listen to any of them. The media over-hypes because idiot readers/viewers/listeners want hype.
Thank you, and a good point. I did not find the event particularly interesting, whereas the overattention it received was ridiculous.
Also, I have really liked several of Will Smith’s shows and movies over the years, including Fresh Prince and Men in Black, so I feel sorry for him mentally falling apart due to that the woman he loves is sleeping around and otherwise disrespecting and treating him badly, and now a quite large part of the world is mocking him for it and his career is in shambles due to that he did something stupid when he should have been in therapy.
It must be really hard to be a stand-up comedian nowadays. So many topics are now off limits — too sensitive, too personal. Don Rickles wouldn’t stand a chance. But who would have thought that making fun of a person’s medical condition would be so upsetting? Especially when the joke was alluding to a 25-year-old movie whose “well-intentioned message is obscured by stylistic bombast and an overload of jingoism.” [Rotten Tomatoes] /s
It was about the only think of interest out of the show. I still have no idea who the main winners are. Probably because most of the nominations were for or from art films.
I could not care at all about award shown. When I first heard about it I thought Smith slapped The Rock (Dwayne Johnson). I immediately thought, and Smith is still alive?
That whole thing should NOT have been built up like it was by the media. A load of cr@p that is just the type of rubbish that the media loves for clicks and views and that the keyboard cowards/idiots get wound up about
eastern.woods.metal over 2 years ago
Hollywood. Full of people that are full of themselves
Concretionist over 2 years ago
Man, I wish I could monetize that!
GiantShetlandPony over 2 years ago
Just when we thought we were over that, it’s back!
Enter.Name.Here over 2 years ago
The slap heard around the world, social-media-speaking.
nicka93 over 2 years ago
Many have way to much money for their own good.
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 2 years ago
If you’re sick of “The Slap” don’t read today’s “Pearls Before Swine”.
Scorpio Premium Member over 2 years ago
I am doing that too by not being on FB or Twitter and I have not gotten a cent for my ‘restraint’
Sanspareil over 2 years ago
Well at least Will Smith got a piece of the Rock!
whahoppened over 2 years ago
Thank you, Wiley. I won’t read anything that looks like “Slap”
dflak over 2 years ago
Rep Marjorie Greene likes the slap – violence is “legitimate political discourse” to any action you don’t like.
But not all Republicans are of this opinion. Ted Cruz loves people who insult his wife.
Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago
Well, that childish publicity stunt certainly worked well, didn’t it?
CheeYongPek over 2 years ago
“no comment” is a comment. It is not the comment you expect, It is not the comment we wished we had, nor what we should have had. But it is what we have moving forward.
rmercer Premium Member over 2 years ago
Thank goodness I’m immune to celebrity. I read about it but have no memory of it.
well-i-never over 2 years ago
And 30 opinions by 6:00am…
LawrenceS over 2 years ago
While thousands who either knew both individuals, or had ever seen either one in any movie or television program felt compelled to offer an opinion I felt no compulsion to listen to any of them. The media over-hypes because idiot readers/viewers/listeners want hype.
SusieB over 2 years ago
Are people still talking about that old news?
mrsdonaldson over 2 years ago
Are people still talking about that?
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 2 years ago
The wise know what is going on but don’t talk about it. Unfortunately, so do victims. You decide.
HOTLOTUS1 over 2 years ago
We should give ourselves an award for our great commentary
Zeno2099 over 2 years ago
Thank you, and a good point. I did not find the event particularly interesting, whereas the overattention it received was ridiculous.
Also, I have really liked several of Will Smith’s shows and movies over the years, including Fresh Prince and Men in Black, so I feel sorry for him mentally falling apart due to that the woman he loves is sleeping around and otherwise disrespecting and treating him badly, and now a quite large part of the world is mocking him for it and his career is in shambles due to that he did something stupid when he should have been in therapy.
GreenT267 over 2 years ago
It must be really hard to be a stand-up comedian nowadays. So many topics are now off limits — too sensitive, too personal. Don Rickles wouldn’t stand a chance. But who would have thought that making fun of a person’s medical condition would be so upsetting? Especially when the joke was alluding to a 25-year-old movie whose “well-intentioned message is obscured by stylistic bombast and an overload of jingoism.” [Rotten Tomatoes] /s
rossevrymn over 2 years ago
amen
uniquename over 2 years ago
Pearls Before Swine had a different take on the theme:
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2022/04/18
Vilyehm over 2 years ago
Will not post a second comment for a like.
mindjob over 2 years ago
At next years Oscars (if they still have them), this will be the theme of the whole show. But Monty Python did it better, with the Fish Slapping Dance
FassEddie over 2 years ago
It’s easy. Don’t make fun of a man’s wife. Chivalry is wildly interpreted.
SteveR405 over 2 years ago
Marlee Marlin not being nominated for her role in CODA was a bigger slap in the face than what Will Smith did!
1953Baby over 2 years ago
This must be some tv show, amicorrect???? Haven’t watched tv for about 20 years. . .
phileaux over 2 years ago
After I wondered if Dwayne ‘The Rock’s Johnson had made that comment instead of Chris Rock, would W.S. have slapped him?
paranormal over 2 years ago
What is "The Slap*???
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 2 years ago
It was about the only think of interest out of the show. I still have no idea who the main winners are. Probably because most of the nominations were for or from art films.
monya_43 over 2 years ago
It’s sad that “the slap” upstaged all of the Oscar nominated performances and winners. Also, that it’s still being talked about weeks later.
ComicsBinger Premium Member over 2 years ago
IT WAS SCRIPTED!! Oops. No bucks for me.
AndrewSihler over 2 years ago
“No coins, please”.
Babs Maloney Premium Member over 2 years ago
This comic is the perfect segue from reading ‘Pearls Before Swine’ this morning!
Stan McSerr over 2 years ago
I could not care at all about award shown. When I first heard about it I thought Smith slapped The Rock (Dwayne Johnson). I immediately thought, and Smith is still alive?
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 2 years ago
Appropriate.
Doctor Go over 2 years ago
It MUST BE six weeks since the Oscars. Pearls Before Swine ALSO has a similar joke today.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 2 years ago
It’s been noted that “slap” spelled backwards is “pals”. No particular significance, as far as I can see, but I’m kinda fond of trivia.
boltjenkins1 over 2 years ago
What is the Slap?
j.l.farmer over 2 years ago
Chris Rock said he isn’t going to talk about it until he gets paid!
bakana over 2 years ago
That guy is stealing ideas from Gilderstern & Rosencranz over in Candorville.
Mediatech over 2 years ago
I have no opinion on it, and saying that much is more than it deserves.
aussie399 Premium Member over 2 years ago
That whole thing should NOT have been built up like it was by the media. A load of cr@p that is just the type of rubbish that the media loves for clicks and views and that the keyboard cowards/idiots get wound up about