亲爱的米克：If you look at different video postings of the（史密斯摇滚）事件，他们清楚地表明威尔史密斯initially laughing at the joke. It is not until Smith’s wife says something that he decides the joke isn’t funny. And without weighing in on whether the joke was or was not in good taste, hats off toChris Rockfor maintaining his composure throughout the incident.
Michael Lazarus, Belvedere
Dear Michael:史密斯笑了，但是谁知道他的脑海中发生了什么？他可能一直在上面贴上好面孔，然后当他看到妻子不高兴时，他转移了齿轮表达了自己的愤怒。他所知道的，没人知道的是他妻子一直在脱发的私人痛苦。他还坐在那里，想知道他是否要赢得奥斯卡奖。因此，我了解可能使他抢劫的紧张和情感。
However, what he did feels so much of a piece with what has been going on in the past five years that I can’t feel good about it. All the invisible lines are being crossed, whether we’re talking about language and decorum or borders between countries. I don’t know whether to blame social media or Trump or both, but I haven’t had this feeling since the 1970s. Then, as now, it was a feeling like everything was coming apart — but at least in the ’70s, a lot of the ways in which things were coming apart were乐趣。
I agree with you about Chris Rock. It could have been much worse for him. I met Will Smith — he’s a big guy. With Smith coming toward him, Rock could easily have disgraced himself by running off the stage. If he had, we’d all be talking abouthimtoday and not Smith. Instead, he stood there and took it and tried to be good-natured afterward.
威尔史密斯stole the show at this year’s Oscars — and not in a good way
Dear Mick LaSalle:I was flipping back and forth between the Stanford game and the Academy Awards, so I missed the incident between Chris Rock and Will Smith. However, I did catch Chris Rock reading off and announcing the winners for best documentary. I loved“Summer of Soul,”but I thought that Chris Rock was being a jerk when he said, “… And the winner is, better be the right one, ‘Summer of Soul.’ ”
Eileen Grady, Urbandale, Iowa
Dear Eileen Grady:Under normal circumstances, I’d agree. But he was just trying to reassert himself by being irreverent, having just been embarrassed in front of a billion people.
Dear Mick LaSalle:我很生气的是，我们不能谈论史密斯（Smith）以他的表现不佳（在“理查德国王”中）赢得奥斯卡奖。
奥斯古德·菲尔丁（Osgood Fielding），圣拉斐尔
亲爱的奥斯古德菲尔丁：I couldn’t agree more.
Honestly, I understand getting mad at somebody. I even understand hitting somebody, even though I haven’t hit anybody since I was 18 and my best friend punched me in the face. But what I don’t understand is what Smith saidupon reflection.他刚刚在国际电视台上打了一位表演者，经过长时间思考自己的行为，他希望每个人都知道的是上帝呼唤他保护人！有什么更扭曲，妄想和弥赛亚的吗？可悲？
Then he quoted Denzel Washington: “At your highest moment, be careful. That’s when the devil comes for you.” But he seemed to not understand what these words meant or how to apply them. He thought he was being spiritual, standing up there crying and humble-bragging about how he protected everyone. But he was being self-aggrandizing and self-justifying.
就我而言，那个演讲是最糟糕的史密斯那天晚上做的事情。我从没想过他是一个好演员，那个演讲向我展示了为什么he’s not a good actor. He revealed himself as shallow, self-serving and self-pitying. If you ever wondered why his acting is often sentimental, there was your reason. He doesn’t go very deep, and he’s too wrapped up in his ego and some misguided idea of his own virtue that he can’t really see himself.
但是我们看到了他。我们所有人的外观都很好，我们不会忘记它。
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