Quote Originally Posted by Swilderbeast View Post
It does seem to be working out well for Rock. Tickets to his show last night doubled in price from what I read this morning. Still doesn’t mean it wasn’t real, just interesting to see the benefit already. As for Smiths side……….I don’t know, have yet to be seen I guess.
One doesn't prove the other. They could have scripted this at a bar, outside in a park, anywhere else, if it was the purpose of selling more tickets. We have to look at the cause and effect of these actions and everyone involved. The Oscars as a company has nothing to gain from this. It is a once a year event, not something that will air next week, and the weeks after. There will be no increase in viewership because of this event - in fact, it will be long forgotten by next year when it airs again. Hollywood is not in lack of funds or attention for them to pull this type of publicity stunt.

This doesn't look good for any of the parties involved. Chris Rock was bitch slapped on national television and did nothing back. Will Smith is now chastised by the vast majority of society and will probably be banned from future Oscars evens, and probably even be passed on by many directors/film companies going forward.

The idea that this is stage is another example of conspiracy nuts or people with poor assessment of facts or what's right in front of them. We have a lot of experience with those people in America and in my eyes, they're all the same: (Qanon, Covid is fake, Hillary is a child molester, etc.) It's more a sign of the times for me and how deluded half of America has become (or probably was, I just didn't know it).