"I thought the overreaction to the slap was extreme."
I thought the slap was extreme given the context. If this was two people in the street, or in a bar, or in countless other scenarios that weren't a live event watched by millions of people, I'd shrug my shoulders. I agree with you, if somebody insulted my partner, especially over a med…
"I thought the overreaction to the slap was extreme."
I thought the slap was extreme given the context. If this was two people in the street, or in a bar, or in countless other scenarios that weren't a live event watched by millions of people, I'd shrug my shoulders. I agree with you, if somebody insulted my partner, especially over a medical condition, they might get smacked too.
Bu there were roughly a bazillion better ways to handle this, some of which might even have included slapping Chris Rock at a more appropriate moment. Will turned a silly, throwaway moment into international news. He and Jada came out of it looking infinitely worse than Chris Rock did. And for what?
You make a solid point (you always do!) but I'm not so sure they came out looking infinitely worse. Certainly in the eyes of media especially Twitter. But to all of my pretty basic, apolitical-but-veering-conservative extended family composed of white people, black people, Filipino/as? (And many of my diverse colleagues as well.) The reaction was lots & lots of support for Will standing up for his lady. It really felt to me as if the anger against him sorta connected, in a rather fun way, both the woke & anti-woke folks with college degrees. Online, it felt like all the intelligentsia came out against the slap. But regular folks? Not so sure it made him look bad. I think many felt it made him look normal i.e. not a Hollywood type. And, in a strange way, I think this also connects to the populist appeal of Trump.
"I thought the overreaction to the slap was extreme."
I thought the slap was extreme given the context. If this was two people in the street, or in a bar, or in countless other scenarios that weren't a live event watched by millions of people, I'd shrug my shoulders. I agree with you, if somebody insulted my partner, especially over a medical condition, they might get smacked too.
Bu there were roughly a bazillion better ways to handle this, some of which might even have included slapping Chris Rock at a more appropriate moment. Will turned a silly, throwaway moment into international news. He and Jada came out of it looking infinitely worse than Chris Rock did. And for what?
You make a solid point (you always do!) but I'm not so sure they came out looking infinitely worse. Certainly in the eyes of media especially Twitter. But to all of my pretty basic, apolitical-but-veering-conservative extended family composed of white people, black people, Filipino/as? (And many of my diverse colleagues as well.) The reaction was lots & lots of support for Will standing up for his lady. It really felt to me as if the anger against him sorta connected, in a rather fun way, both the woke & anti-woke folks with college degrees. Online, it felt like all the intelligentsia came out against the slap. But regular folks? Not so sure it made him look bad. I think many felt it made him look normal i.e. not a Hollywood type. And, in a strange way, I think this also connects to the populist appeal of Trump.