posted by Laley23

If Jada had cancer, over the line. She has Alopecia…come on.

She's losing her hair because of a disease. I'd say that's pretty clearly way over the line.  It's extremely rare for women, and has to be very traumatic.

Maybe the joke was in poor taste, but wtf?  Have a grown up thick skin.  Will Smith made a complete ass of himself.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

Maybe the joke was in poor taste, but wtf?  Have a grown up thick skin.  Will Smith made a complete ass of himself.

Agreed. Tasteless joke. Everyone here sucks. 

posted by friendfromlowry

Agreed. Tasteless joke. Everyone here sucks. 

The guy who made the stupid joke sucks at the eye roll level.  The grown adult - who initially laughed at the joke until he saw his wife’s pouty face, and then couldn’t control himself at a 5 year old’s level sucks at a “should lose his job” level.  What an asshole.  Then he proceeds to give a speech about how God has called him to protect his family.

Thank God it was black on black violence.  I’m sure the race card will still be brought into it, but with much less effect than if one of the principals were white.

posted by Ironman92

Knocked out the 6 most recent episodes of Ozark today lol

That show is a masterpiece of characters and writing. Gotta pay attention though lol…A LOT going on

Wife and I had been waiting for 2 years for the new season of Ozark.

When it finally dropped we realized we never watched the second half of the last season, so had some catching up to do, have 2 episodes left of this half season.

It’s a great show, character development is amazing, just a few real questionable turns by some of the characters like “come on, they wouldn’t really switch to that side, that’s just to make the story more controversial”

posted by ptown_trojans_1

The last 3 episodes of Book of Boba Feta were awesome. Makes we wonder what the hell were they doing with those first four episodes.

I'm watching Billions as well. They are making a nice change up with the main characters. 

Also started Archive 81 on Netflix. 1 episode in and its a nice creepy 90s style horror devil cult show. 

That’s because the last 3 episodes were basically previews to the next Mandalorian season. 

posted by iclfan2

Knocked out the new Reacher on Prime. Not the greatest acting, but thought it was a good show, especially if you read the books.

I liked it a lot better than the movies.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Peacemaker ended yesterday on HBO Max. Outside of Loki, it is probably the best superhero show out there. James Gunn directed about half the episodes and the finale was funny as hell. 

I will have to give it a 2nd shot as I loved Loki but Peacemaker I stopped halfway into Ep2 as I thought it sucked.

posted by justincredible

I’m 5 episodes into my rewatch. I forgot so much. 

I think for me, the one moment that shocked me the most was the end of season 3 when the lawyer unexpectedly got her head blown off.

Reminded of earlier in the season when she asked the driver/enforcer “if you ever get that call about me, will you at least let me know before?” He said yes, but he obviously did not.

I’m not convinced the slap wasn’t pre-planned. The Smith’s are both terrible. 

posted by gut

She's losing her hair because of a disease. I'd say that's pretty clearly way over the line.  It's extremely rare for women, and has to be very traumatic.

So what can a comedian make fun of? Pete Davison deals with dad dying in 9/11. Half of them deal with infidelity jokes. 

It’s hair loss. Get a grip. I’ve seen people going thru chemo have a better perspective on their hair loss, and they are dying. Jada is just dealing with feeling self conscious in public. 

Charlie Villanueva had to deal with KG talking to him non-stop and acted like less of a bitch than Jada and Will.

Honestly, if we just called it “female balding” instead of disease, would anyone be defending Will this hard? I seriously think the word disease being attached to something as benign as hair loss has warped perceptions here.

posted by justincredible

I’m 5 episodes into my rewatch. I forgot so much. 

Me too.

I’m on season 4, episode 6 so I’ve rewatched all but 2 epis

posted by Laley23

I don’t get the Chris Rock hate on this. He’s a comedian, and they are there to roast each other or the celebs as presenters. Wills a comedian, he knows how it works.

If Jada had cancer, over the line. She has Alopecia…come on. I can’t make fun of LeBrons reversing hairline anymore? Like is comedy that dead that we cannot make fun of someone who is bald and doesn’t want to be? 

…also, Will thought it was funny AF until Jada gave him the look.

posted by brutus161
I made this exact argument this morning. Had Chris Rock made jokes about Lebron's balding, no on would have cared. 

Smith laughed at the joke before he decided (upon seeing his wife's pissy expression) that he needed to take another route.  Fake dude too.  Chris Rock is small.  Imagine if someone large was MCing up there.  Smith would have sat their and chuckled.  Imagine if it were a female host.  That wouldn't have happened obviously.  

Only in Hollywood can someone pull a move like that and then get a standing ovation a little while later for lecturing on "God's mission for me is to be a protector".  

Chemo? Punch his ass.

Alopecia? Not "fighting words", absurd overreaction.

I know 2 men with alopecia…not the best situation but both take it well. It’s an odd look.

Had a 5th grade girl develop it and it was very sad, wasn’t easy to deal with.

A Hollywood actress…..that’s also a touchy subject. I know looks are artificial but after 50 years of being beautiful with hair…..it’s gotta be touchy for a good while.

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022

posted by Ironman92

I know 2 men with alopecia…not the best situation but both take it well. It’s an odd look.

Had a 5th grade girl develop it and it was very sad, wasn’t easy to deal with.

A Hollywood actress…..that’s also a touchy subject. I know looks are artificial but after 50 years of being beautiful with hair…..it’s gotta be touchy for a good while.

Of course the subject will be touchy. But thats comedy. Thats why I am not understanding the whole reaction. No one would just sit there and make fun of someone with Alopecia. But when you are a hired comedian, to make fun of the audience, thats pretty fair game. 

Whatever. Will Smith came off as a psycho bitch. His speech after was such an embarassment. 

lol

posted by justincredible

lol

And so it begins.

lol at Jason Bateman.

Also, I am waaay out of touch with Hollywood. I recognize Bateman, Ron Howard, and Taika Waititi from this "A-listers" photo. And I only know Waititi because we saw JoJo Rabbit and I had never heard of him before that.

Anyone else way over their cap of how much they can talk or care about this.