My deep thoughts about the Chris Rock/Will Smith thing last night

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That title is entirely sarcastic by the way. I don't have much of an opinion on it one way or another. It has been all over the news today that Chris Rock made a joke about Will Smith's wife. She has alopecia (hair loss) and shaved her head like a year ago. That issue has been in the news before. Anyway the comedian made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith looking like Demi Moore in the movie G.I. Jane. (military recruit who shaved her head) The thing is that when the camera was on Will Smith immediately after the joke he was smiling, laughing, and just about to start clapping. The view then cut back to Chris Rock and we could only see him laughing until he saw Smith climbing up onto the stage, approaching him and slapping him. There is no way to tell what caused Smith to suddenly go from laughing to being enraged. After he smacked Rock he returned to his seat and screamed "keep my wife's name out your f**king mouth!" a couple of times. I honestly don't know who was right or wrong in the situation. It is just a shame that this absurdity overshadowed other people's wins and even Will Smith's first Oscar win. It will always be tarnished by that incident.