Will Smith – Self Equanimity http://selfequanimity.com Current Affairs Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://i0.wp.com/selfequanimity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SE-Copy.png?fit=32%2C32 Will Smith – Self Equanimity http://selfequanimity.com 32 32 176655959 10 years ? Remember when we could all take a joke ???? http://selfequanimity.com/10-years-remember-when-we-could-all-take-a-joke/ http://selfequanimity.com/10-years-remember-when-we-could-all-take-a-joke/#respond Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:51:13 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1774 Once upon a time, people could laugh at jokes, comedians used to cross the line, and people knew not to take them seriously, not to mention, that we all know that comedy is rooted in truth. Eddie Murphy made more “out of line” jokes about people like Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, and even Richard Pryor (his fellow comedian).  The interesting thing about Stevie Wonder jokes is that he Stevie Wonder, found them funny, especially how Eddie Murphy made jokes about his blindness. There weren’t enough jokes in the world from Eddie Murphy about Stevie, Stevie even appeared on Saturday night live with Eddie, and he even sang with him on his birthday(Eddie Murphy’s birthday that is). Dave Chappelle made jokes about Prince, we did not hear anything from prince about how much he hated Dave,  Chris Rock did make jokes about prince and ended up interviewing him. Brothers and sisters, there is a reason why Eddie Murphy isn’t going back to do stand-up comedy… people are too sensitive these days.  Who wants to get cancelled for no reason at all but a bit of humor… This is why I like the fact that Netflix stood behind Dave, people are getting too sensitive,  We do brag about freedom of speech, only if its without emotion though.  I hear the normal woke rhetoric about how black women need to be defended, well I agree with that , INCLUDING Chris Rock’s daughters as well, which girl wants to see her father slapped on stage like this????  We all need to laugh in these uncertain times brothers and sisters , let’s not make it worse!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

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Too Little , Too Late http://selfequanimity.com/too-little-too-late/ http://selfequanimity.com/too-little-too-late/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:37:16 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1734 I say this is too little too late,  He should have apologized when he gave his acceptance speech , but he didn’t , he apologized to everyone except Chris.  His statement is bogus. This is damage control at its best, a person like Will Smith shouldn’t  have done what he did , given that he had elements of this kind of violence in his history.  Hopefully everyone realizes the double talk in his apology, he couldn’t just say  I was out of line ,  he said, ” anyone can make jokes at his expense,  that is part of the job, but for Jada’s medical condition was too much to bear”, first question is what job is Jada in again ??  Oh yeah she is an actress just like Will, if she couldn’t take the heat, she should stay out of the kitchen. Again Michael Jackson had a known medical condition, anyone could have done research on Vitiligo, but the jokes kept coming, in fact when he revealed he had vitiligo, comedians doubled down on the jokes, even Michael Jackson in good faith thought some of the jokes were funny. Once you are in the entertainment business, this is part of the job, Will knew that, Jada knew it too. The truth of the matter is that , Will found a target he could pick on while impressing Jada at the same time.. and that was Chris Rock , surely he wouldn’t have done that to a few notable names like

  1. Mike Tyson(Former Heavyweight Champion)
  2. Michael Jai White(Actor, Martial Artist)
  3. Wesley Snipes(Actor, Martial Artist)
  4. Quinton Jackson (know for the A- Team movie)
  5. Evander Holyfield(Former Heavyweight Champion)

The fact that he thought he could walk up on stage and slap someone, because his wife was upset at a joke is quite interesting , this is where cancelled culture should strike but let us see if that happens. Never thought I see the day when Will Smith is a bully. 

Again he wouldn’t have done it if he didn’t think he could get away with it while impressing his wife, at the same time….. too bad she doesn’t do the same for him!!!! This should be the final nail, does anyone remember what type of joke Will Smith made on the Arsenio Hall show in 1991? Yes that is right he made a bald joke to which some of the crowd got a little upset, he said “Oh these are jokes come on”

Just like Jada didn’t choose to be bald, this man didn’t choose to be bald either , but he laughed it off because he know Will was joking,  Wow the hypocrisy!!!!!

This event (the slap)  has overshadowed another black man winning an Oscar that night , Will Smith had to do something stupid, Samuel L Jackson is one of my favorite actors, he played a  character so well, I forgot that character was originally white (Nick Fury), that is not what he won for by the way,  he won his first Oscar that night ,Congratulations to him. His award was presented to him by Denzel Washington.

 

Will Smith should be ashamed of himself

 

 

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Will Smith, Chris Rock & Michael Jackson http://selfequanimity.com/will-smith-chris-rock-michael-jackson/ http://selfequanimity.com/will-smith-chris-rock-michael-jackson/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:27:05 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1701 Oh how the mighty have fallen!!! Yesterday was the night of the Oscars, you know the award show where  Hollywood decides to give itself awards without us the people ? but when a movie is released it is we the people who spend money to watch it but that is a topic for another time.  Let me jump straight into it , Chris Rock who is a professional comedian, made a joke about Will Smith’s wife, (Jada Pinkett-Smith) for those who don’t know Will Smith is a mega star who was also a nominee. All jokes aside, I think Chris Rock was respectful, he started by saying Jada I love you, then proceeded with the joke. The interesting part of it all is that when the camera was on Will Smith, he was laughing and clapping at the joke, but when the camera moved to Jada Smith, she did not find it funny, Chris Rock continued with his presentation, as he was speaking we all saw Will walk towards the stage , even he wasn’t prepared for what was about to happen, to his surprise he was smacked by Will Smith , after that slap , he walked back to his seat, and shouted some harsh words for Chris Rock.

 

Jada, Chris & Will

Some say Chris Rock shouldn’t have made a joke like that when he knew very well that Jada Pinkett Smith, had a medical condition.  Interestingly enough , Will Smith thought that was funny initially, but his demeanor changed in a split second especially when he saw that Jada didn’t find it too funny,  So one question I ask is when did Will Smith become “gansta” Will?

 Oh Only when Jada is concern, Will Smith has to suddenly transform into Tupac?   Smith was out of line if you ask me. People are still saying he was joking about a known medical condition , to which I reply, remember Michael Jackson??? Michael Jackson had a known medical condition too, yet most people made jokes about him? He had vitiligo, he first wore one glove to cover it up , (most people thought it was a fashion statement) then he started lightning his skin to even his skin complexion, because vitiligo  will leave spots one’s skin. There is no cure for Vitiligo, that did not change people’s perception and most still found it funny.

He was the joke of the century. So how was it ok for  people , to make fun of Michael Jackson , to the point where they thought he didn’t want to be black. How is it not ok to joke about Jada, and like Chris Rock said that was a nice one,  but everyone Joked about Michael???  Or was it that Michael was more deserving of it. We as a people shouldn’t pick and choose who deserves what , based upon who we like at the moment. 

He didn’t have this energy for her “entanglement”, he didn’t even smack August Alsina, for coming into his matrimonial home and sleeping with his wife. Someone answer this question for me , which is more twisted? the fact that Will did what he did in front of their children or the fact that a married woman slept with her son’s friend???  well your guess is as good as mine. Chris Rock was very classy about the situation if you ask me !!!!!. 

So it’s ok to sleep with his wife , as long as you are not making jokes about her. In his acceptance speech, he almost described it as abuse, but he didn’t have these harsh words for August, we never heard him say “Keep your f—— hands of my wife”!!!!!!!!!!. SICK AND TWISTED

Will Smith was out of line , but I do believe there is a big possibility that this was staged, regardless of if it was staged or not, this made black men look bad, maybe this is to get Chris Rock on Red table talk, who knows. Will Smith is the kind of black guy people wanted their sons to be like , even when he was a rapper , He was non violent , Even Eminem said it with that famous line “Will Smith don’t got to cuss in his records, well I do” and he was the first rapper to win a Grammy award, now we have this……Will Smith shouting F- Words like Tupac????. Funny enough Jada Smith was “friends” with Tupac.

The point is there were 2 different Will Smiths, that night, the one who thought the joke was funny and the one who thought he should do something because his wife was upset. In his acceptance speech , he said Love make you do crazy things, to that I agree.

He still loves this woman , but he has some deep issues and Chris Rock is not to blame for that.

Funny Chris Rock even dressed up as a woman on “Fresh prince of Bel Air”. They have been friends for a long time, so what happened ??? this is the question that anyone with half a brain should be asking.

Let us pay attention to the mood swings, they did not want Kanye West at award shows because of his ONLINE behavior, we also remember when Kanye and Taylor Swift had that confrontation.

Do We seriously think Will would have done the same thing , if it was someone like Jimmy Fallon making a joke like that ?

Jimmy Fallon

and I know what people are going to say but if you have listened to Jimmy Fallon’s jokes, he has said worse things about people. People always joke about public figures, no matter what they are going through.

One minute Will Smith was laughing next he was so angry, and finally he was crying ,  hmm And we all thought Kanye was the crazy one!!!!!

 

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Is it ok when you do it ??? http://selfequanimity.com/is-it-ok-when-i-do-it/ http://selfequanimity.com/is-it-ok-when-i-do-it/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:23:22 +0000 https://selfequanimity.com/?p=1643 As usual, I ended up in an argument, ok I won’t call it an argument but a discussion. The discussion was about the movie Selma, the one about Martin Luther King, some found it disrespectful that a foreign black man played Martin Luther King, they felt the role should have gone to a “Native” Black man, of course, the Movie Harriet also came up. They felt the same way!!!.

       Personally, I found no problem with it, I wasn’t bothered, either way, I was just looking for someone to tell a good story.  It is about bringing a particular character to life. A “boogie” man has been created, and all the blame goes to that boogie man. If we really believe certain stories should be for a particular demographic or a particular nationality (since we are all of the same race) of people then we should do that in every situation, we should be the first to criticize it if it were the other way round.

Nick Fury

Let us start with fiction, we all know the character Nick Fury, (in the marvel universe) well anyone who knows the comics knows that Nick Fury is a white man yet Samuel L Jackson played the character so well that, I cannot imagine anyone doing a better job.

Samuel L Jackson

 

Domino

Does anyone remember Deadpool 2,?  Domino is originally a white woman in the comics, Zazie Beetz did an amazing job, there were no complaints. For those who don’t know Zazie Beetz is a black Actress.

 

In the 1990’s Omar Epps, played the leading role in a movie called “Deadly Voyage”, it was about an African immigrant who witnessed several murders on a ship including. If it were the other way round I’m sure people will complain that the role should have gone to an African, since it was their story.

Omar Epps

Denzel Washington played a South African Lawyer named Steve Biko, the movie was called “Cry Freedom”. Again no one said that role should have gone to a South African.

Denzel Washington

Here is a list of Actors who have played Nelson Mandela

Danny Glover

Morgan Freeman

Terence Howard

Lawrence Fishburne

Sydney Poitier

Mandela was a South African, so to those people saying certain roles should be left for certain groups of people, Well that didn’t happen in this case  

Will Smith Played a Nigerian Doctor, Dr. Bennett Omalu, I wonder why that role wasn’t left for  a Nigerian Actor

Don Cheadle played Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda and Forest Whitaker played Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.

Forest Whitaker

I can see both sides of the argument,  a movie like Black Panther can’t be played by a white man, goes against the story itself,  even though we had 2 stories about fictional African countries played by “Native” black Americans, (Coming to America, Black Panther).

The truth of the matter is that people will complain about anything, at the end of the day, we just have to be fair … it’s not about marginalization, it’s about Acting, let us leave it at that… questioning someone’s identity is the very definition of discrimination.

 

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