Huh. Soon as I saw the 'slap heard 'round the world,' I immediately wondered if he really put anything into it. I mean, yeah, I saw Rock's head swivel, but he didn't even come off his feet. And I wondered, what was the sense if Rock was just gonna stand up straight and keep going? Which, of course, everyone pretty much knew he would.
I'm not a celeb follower. This is one of maybe 2 or 3 newsletters that I subscribe to that isn't explicitly political. I was waiting for someone, ANYONE, to explain why the heck Smith would be THAT incensed over a tasteless joke and then just walk away. Innuendo in his acceptance speech did nothing to dispel the view that it was pointless. Even his supposed 'apology' (a day late & a dollar short) and his resignation from the Academy did nothing to make it any less pointless.
'Bout that pineapple joke tho... I thought it was almost funny at the end of 'Little Nicky,' but trying to imagine hands AND a pineapple in the same position is beyond me. Maybe I'm just too old.
Huh. Soon as I saw the 'slap heard 'round the world,' I immediately wondered if he really put anything into it. I mean, yeah, I saw Rock's head swivel, but he didn't even come off his feet. And I wondered, what was the sense if Rock was just gonna stand up straight and keep going? Which, of course, everyone pretty much knew he would.
I'm not a celeb follower. This is one of maybe 2 or 3 newsletters that I subscribe to that isn't explicitly political. I was waiting for someone, ANYONE, to explain why the heck Smith would be THAT incensed over a tasteless joke and then just walk away. Innuendo in his acceptance speech did nothing to dispel the view that it was pointless. Even his supposed 'apology' (a day late & a dollar short) and his resignation from the Academy did nothing to make it any less pointless.
'Bout that pineapple joke tho... I thought it was almost funny at the end of 'Little Nicky,' but trying to imagine hands AND a pineapple in the same position is beyond me. Maybe I'm just too old.
I thought of Kermit Washington and Rudy T, in a book by John Feinstein