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DURHAM D
(32,618 posts)of hearing about Biden's comment about Putin.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)A big 👍 on that.
agingdem
(7,875 posts)he's not walking back anything...yes!!!!...
stopdiggin
(11,414 posts)The fact that there were 'clarifications' being issued, practically within minutes ... Pretty much speaks for itself.
There are a lot of people who would like to spin this (retroactively) into something else. But the reaction on the day he issued that speech tells the story.
Edit: and apologies for participating in a hijacked thread (the OP is about Smith and Rock)
agingdem
(7,875 posts)he's unapologetic...Blinken did exactly was he was supposed to do..walked it back with a wink and a nod...it was perfect...btw Biden has no use for Peter Doocy except as a foil..and you didn't hijack anything..the Smith/Rock thing is ridiculous...
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)It's been that way forever. The Cuban Missile Crisis is a good example of that. It has to be done so no one is certain what the other is thinking.
COL Mustard
(5,970 posts)I just can't remember who did it. Anyone?
GoCubsGo
(32,103 posts)Especially given how they virtually ignored Lindsey Graham's outright call for assassination.
Magoo48
(4,723 posts)That it is still dangerous to insult someones spouse is not news.
I actually wrote a whole post about ducks and duck crap because I would rather talk about that than this.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216534153
doc03
(35,453 posts)Will Smith.
paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)right alongside Ryan Reynolds. But years earlier than him. I guess this means I could go around saying "Ryan Reynolds is the white Will Smith", but most people would probably just be confused.
Ocelot II
(115,996 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Ocelot II
(115,996 posts)William Seger
(10,793 posts)Chainfire
(17,757 posts)I slept through the program and I do not feel that I missed anything of any importance.
The world is in melt-down and there is not room for many shits to give over one entertainer backhanding another on stage.
msongs
(67,498 posts)multigraincracker
(32,756 posts)If not, too bad.
intheflow
(28,521 posts)But the MSM is treating it as more important than 1/6/2021 so here it is, in GD. sigh
Sogo
(5,019 posts)End of story.
Please preserve the rest of the earth's oxygen for something worthwhile.
GoneOffShore
(17,346 posts)chillfactor
(7,590 posts)Blue Owl
(50,587 posts)IjustDontlikeRepugs
(640 posts)niyad
(113,960 posts)calimary
(81,605 posts)I just dont like em, either!
Jspur
(578 posts)a kid and then a teenager. I'm not too old yet at 38 but it is a mind fuck for me seeing two iconic figures I grew up watching in the entertainment field go at it that I would never suspect having a beef.
hollygolively
(87 posts)Seems like Hollywood drama to drive headlines to me.
Budi
(15,325 posts)They knew where & how to grab the most free & broad headline attention.
They're actors. They know that drama medium better than anyone.
Celebrities stagers use events like major Awards ceremonies or The Met to advertize & elevate their own celebrity brand also.
$$$$
KS Toronado
(17,468 posts)Bev54
(10,093 posts)The Unmitigated Gall
(3,838 posts)In my F-bag, but Im out of those too.
canetoad
(17,216 posts)It looked staged to me.
AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)and the Academy Awards ceremony seems so desperate for attention. Did you see Liza Minnelli, or the dancers during the In Memoriam? Can't wait to see what SNL does with all this!
Budi
(15,325 posts)Bev54
(10,093 posts)when the world is absolutely falling apart and they are looking at the US wondering WTF?
Tom Kitten
(7,352 posts)GoodRaisin
(8,934 posts)Disaffected
(4,574 posts)not giving a hoot about it.
Demovictory9
(32,493 posts)As belonging in entertainment
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216503255
lamp_shade
(14,853 posts)PortTack
(32,822 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)There's a team of writers that come up with most of the jokes and Will Smith does his best Kayne imitation. The best moment on television remark pretty much says it was staged.
DeeNice
(575 posts)of the front page. No short attention span!
msfiddlestix
(7,289 posts)Celerity
(43,764 posts)Good one!!!
Raine
(30,541 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,510 posts)Gruenemann
(984 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,149 posts)I cant believe the amount of threads on the subject.
Hekate
(91,025 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,711 posts)They are all being assholes.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)If Jada had walked up there and slapped Chris Rock.
Seriously, of course it would have been best if this had not occurred at all. But that cats out of the bag.
Duncan Grant
(8,297 posts)The user experience here is very self-directed.
PatSeg
(47,767 posts)It certainly does not warrant this much attention, especially at a time when so much is going on in the world.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Could not care less about publicity stunts for self promoting award shows?
In other words, I don't watch award shows.
usonian
(9,981 posts)CaptainTruth
(6,618 posts)bluescribbler
(2,130 posts)Also don't care about the Oscars.
paulkienitz
(1,296 posts)For a pro comic, having people do weird shit to or around you is money in the bank. Some comedians deliberately get themselves into dicey situations just because they know they'll get material out of it.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,867 posts)Media loves broadcasting nothing-burgers as news
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)When was that? Marlon Brando refusing to show up for his Oscar?
SergeStorms
(19,205 posts)I don't read or comment on Smith/Rock posts.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)Nt
Brother Buzz
(36,504 posts)calimary
(81,605 posts)VERY interested in react and other second-day leads.
I cant help it. Its driven into me, having spent most of my career covering Hollywood in one way or another. If you live in LA it kinda goes with the territory in the news biz anyway. But then I spent years at the AP specifically on the Hollywood beat. So its still kind of a thing for me.
Joinfortmill
(14,518 posts)Aussie105
(5,494 posts)The 'slap' looked fake.
Need some close up slow motion analysis to see if he even made contact.
twodogsbarking
(9,945 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)And interesting how the internet gloms onto stories like these - will be forgotten eventually.
Then this type of post is interesting because it is supposedly not caring, but then wanting the rest of us to know that you don't care.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)ripcord
(5,553 posts)betsuni
(25,812 posts)Like the movie star in "Singing in the Rain" says: "If we put a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain't been in vain for nothing."
John1956PA
(2,675 posts)[/hoot]
48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)Fresh prints.