It was a quiet ceremony, neat, seamless.
The American network ABC (through TNT for Latin America) had planned – together with the Academy – a carefully structured transmission based on the new socio-cultural parameters.
However, in the final hour, everything was shattered.
It doesn’t matter that ABC and the Academy wanted the ceremony to be a well-oiled machine of jokes between actors and plurality, live TV – once again – showed that it has an irreplaceable power.
In the months leading up to the Oscars, on social media and on American TV shows, many criticized the ceremony’s broadcast plan.
For example, eight installments were pre-recorded in technical categories to make room for more of the comedic bits from the three hosts.
Also for the inclusion of the “Fan Favorite” category, which awarded a prize to the votes on Twitter. Among other changes.
The Oscars 2022 awards ceremony: what happened
The hosts, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall, did everything in their power to keep the show running smoothly between a few jokes and the weird cuts of the pre-recorded installments, which made the winners magically appear on stage.
Until then, the most attractive interventions of the night were those of the winners Ariana DeBose (Best Supporting Actress for West Side Story) and Troy Kotsur (Best Supporting Actor for Coda), whose speeches moved Hollywood and made it reflect on the importance of inclusion, in all its aspects.
More than any other Oscar ceremony on TV, the ABC and Academy ceremony was efficient in every respect.
Why will smith hit chris rock
But in the last hour, the show collapsed into unexpected live TV chaos.
Chris Rock, who as a host in 2016 made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith to protest Hollywood’s lack of diversity, made another intervention at the expense of Will Smith’s wife.
This time, he made fun of the baldness of Pinkett Smith, who has recently been diagnosed with alopecia.
This made Will Smith react, and it all ended in a slap in the face from Rock.
Yes, live, before the eyes of millions of viewers.
[CINE] Scandal and pineapples at the Oscars: Chris Rock made fun of Will Smith’s wife and the actor hit him. 🎥👀 pic.twitter.com/g08KrZM9WT
– ElCanciller.com (@elcancillercom) March 28, 2022
Smith’s sudden and violent reaction, and his subsequent speech upon receiving the award for Best Actor that balanced on a fine line between asking for forgiveness (“Love makes you do crazy things”, he said trying to defend his actions) and the challenge, ate up the rest of the night.
Will Smith’s tearful speech after punching Chris Rock at the Oscars https://t.co/RHQzIp0NeE pic.twitter.com/HHgwsgdePb
— THE WORLD (@elmundoes) March 28, 2022
Despite the best efforts of celebs like Denzel Washington and Lady Gaga’s surprise duet with Liza Minelli, the 2022 Oscars were plunged into crisis as Smith’s slap Rock shuffle heard around the world.
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