Nobody is suggesting that- its fine to make jokes about people of any ethnicity so long as the joke is not racist I would have thought.
None of this has anything to do with that happened.
If Chris Rock was making fun of peoples ethnicities, I would say that was a bit much for the oscars.
I was at a place once where the host was telling irish jokes, which I dinât like my much. So I told a joke changing the irish to maltese; the host was maltese. He has very angry.
OK well what can I say, â â â â host maybe?
I would by lying if I said I have never laughed at jokes about peoples features, but I guess it where you cross the line, and actually where the line.
You really need to decide whether you want to broaden this subject or not.
My point has been that the joke was nothing, and Will Smith is a farkwit.
Have I swayed from that??
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Yes, I get that.
But to back your views you both want to isolate what the joke was or was not, and also expand into the repercussions for all future jokes, and then also go into other generic areas.
Look, Iâm not bothered.
You have your view and I respect that.
As far as Iâm concerned the discussion is done.
Youâve gone from all jokes are okay, to some jokes are not okay, to a very specific recasting of that particular joke not being okay, to personal abuse.
I donât think I have any more to hear from you on the subject.
Never thought I would use a popcorn GIF in the Celebrity Death thread
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I think all jokes are okay. Of course there is context. Chris Rock isnât going to get up at the oscars and speak like he does in his stand up specials. Every second word would be beeped.
I think Chris Rock did an incredibly tamed, award show joke, with no malice, and it was taken wrong by someone who wanted to look tough.
I donât think I personally abused anyone, did I??
Fair enough.
Itâs hardly the first time an audience member has attacked a comedian. Every stand-up worth their salt has a story of somebody coming up on stage and attacking them (or at least trying to.) Youtube is full of such videos. You have to be prepared that if you are going to say mean things, some people wonât tolerate it. This is also part of the job.
The difference is, normally the person who jumps up on stage is tackled to the ground by security and escorted out of the venue. In this case, Smith just waltzed off stage, shouted some âtough guyâ words from his seat and got awarded the highest honour in his profession to thunderous applause.
Thatâs the bit that doesnât sit well for me.
Edit: Sh*t, this is still the wrong thread.
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Apparently Smith was told to leave but refused.
The Academy bosses were not happy.
Sure, but âtold to leaveâ and âforcibly removedâ are very different things.
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I dunno.
I just think that if your making jokes about anyoneâŚâŚ those people should be able to have a laugh at about it aswell.
If theyâre not laughing, then itâs obviously not appropriate.
There are alway situations that donât apply to this rule aswell.
Not a great look for security to forcibly evict the black winner of, arguably for better or worse, the highest individual honour of the night, at what you have very much spent a year making the black Oscars.
So instead they allowed the black host to be assaulted without repercussions?
Lol. Not saying it was an easy decision.
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There is a strong irony. But I wonât digress.