And after her apperance when "Littlefeather headed backstage and discovered to her dismay people doing stereotypical impressions of Native Americans, miming tomahawk chops and doing war cries."

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... tlefeather

John Wayne was white. Nuff said.

They showed him saying it and you could lip read it very easily, but they turned the sound off.

I think the whole damn thing is much ado about nothing. Humans make mistakes all the time. I've slapped a couple of people in my life. However, I didn't have millions watching. This was an opportunity for people to take sides, appear superior than others and mock those with whom they didn't agree. IOW, get their 15 min. on top of their existing notoriety I want the world to move on....

Or the whole thing has become such a bore that they decided to "spice it up".

Maybe he was setting a good example? These days people shoot you over stuff like that.

Posted this on another board and I've seen a lot of comments attempting to justify his behavior - things like "Attitudes were different then ..." and "In those days ...."

To be clear, I was referring to Will Smith.

Before Will Smith, these five people were also disciplined by the academy
Tom Yun

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Friday that Will Smith would be banned from attending its events for 10 years after the actor slapped Chris Rock on stage at the 94th Oscars.

This comes a week after Smith had resigned from the academy and issued a public apology, where he said he would "fully accept any and all consequences for my conduct."

But the "Fresh Prince" star isn't the first to be disciplined by the governing body. In its 94-year history, at least five people have been ...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/be ... -1.5854855

oskar576 wrote:

John Wayne was white. Nuff said.

Not only was he white, he was a racist. In today's world he would very quickly have become a "usta was".

I am one of the few that approve of what Smith did. Chris Rock is an asshole who hides behind his "comedian" status to get away with a lot of below the belt stuff. Maybe no he will think a bit before his mouth starts moving before his brain.

Referring to consequences ~ or lack of same.

Mel Gibson is a heavy duty anti-semite and he's still welcome (and being hired).