#OSCARSTOOVIOLENT?

      I don't watch awards shows. But, last night I wish I had. Between acceptance speeches and lame show biz posturing last night's Academy Awards held a surprise twist. If you watched the morning news you couldn't miss the "bitch-slap" heard 'round the world. In response to Chris Rock's tone-deaf joke referencing his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's lack of hair (due to a alopicia) Will Smith rose from his chair, strode to the stage and clocked Rock with his open hand. Then he stormed back to his seat and screamed "Keep my wife's name out of your fucking mouth!" You could hear a pin drop. Live TV hadn't been so good since Andy Kaufman fucked with Michael Richards on the show Fridays. Google it.

     Words matter. As Biden calls Putin "a butcher" and encourages (unofficially) the Russian people to remove him from power, this is not the moment we need to see two black men fighting on stage at the Oscars. Marring an inclusive love-fest that has a deaf movie CODA winning, a black man hosting (again) and loads of LGBTQIA+ rainbow flag waving, the fistacuffs run the risk of a backward slide into cisgendered white men taking back the podium. Both of these men are about as gangsta as.......well Will Smith and Chris Rock. Yet, the slap looked and sounded real. Nice form and follow through. Hollywood's personal trainers can be proud of their clients. Chris took it on the chin and didn't crumble or tear up. The obscenity screaming afterwards was also a nice touch that put Mr. Rock back on his heels. TKO Smith!

   #Oscarstooblack has already started trending on Donald Trump's Truth Social. At a time when World War III seems right around the corner and piles of Racist Baby are burning in Florida, it's unwise to heat up the rhetoric anymore than we have to guys. Both Hollywood and Biden should chill on the name calling. As for Uncle Joe, the guy has been in the game long enough to realize that his off the cuff remarks do nothing to help Zelenskyy get a sit-down with Putin or stop the bloodshed. And fucking Chris Rock should check twice before he makes fun of some poor bald cancer kid just to get a cheap laugh. As for the Fresh Prince? Sticks and stones motherfucker. But if you are going to clock the guy, clench that fist and put your shoulder into it. There's always next year.