Exactly right. Some people are talking about how horrible and inappropriate the joke was and while, sure, it might have been inappropriate so are a lot of other jokes in a roast environment and many that are far worse than making fun of alopecia which btw Chris Rock never mentioned specifically. It's a raunchy comedian doing an act, If you choose to show up for the event, you're fair game unless it's a completely crossed the line joke like making fun of somebody having cancer or something like that.Maybe all the fans that have been made jokes of should go up to hollywood and bitch slap all these clowns. A good starting place for a number of reasons. (I'm joking)
But many of the people you would find there are self centered egomaniacs that think nothing of flying their lear jet while lecturing us about global warming and any other soup du jour cause they know nothing about.
My first question would be why anybody watches this tripe. My next would be why anybody would defend either from criticism.
But to walk right up to somebody on stage, unsuspecting, and cold cock him like that. Thats on Will Smith. This is not a place where violence would be expected on the stage. If its a boxing ring, hockey rink, etc then to be expected that something might occur.
I will downplay this as well. We're talking about Alopecia as an issue. A disease that simply results in the falling out of hair. It isn't life threatening, it isn't debilitating, it isn't a stigma, its isn't at all insurmountable. My first girl friend had it, I didn't know till I was dating her that she'd been wearing a wig. She's a self assured professional now. It didn't bother her deeply, she joked about it, and was confident and not adversely impacted. If somebody tried to make it some kind of big deal she would stop them and say it isn't any serious ailment, it isn't cancer, " I'm healthy, blessed, fortunate."
So starting with this "Jada suffers from alopecia" (in the twitter) to even consider it as something that someone has to "suffer" through is misleading. Which seems commonplace in an age where a growing segment of people might want any condition to be self debilitating excuse. Hair is just an evolutionary redundant vestige. It isn't anything, it isn't important. I shave my head bald any chance I get. love not having hair. So that Alopecia could even be considered "lacking something that is nothing". lets stop making it into some major ailment.
Our new friend, Ben Stelter, now he has suffered, he could use support, just to put it into perspective.
anyway..anybody want to punch me in the face after reading this?
Take it from somebody who suffered hair loss at a relatively young age, started in my late 20s. It's not an easy thing to deal with mentally, I tried all sorts of treatments, creams etc. (never thought about transplants though), I even sprinkled this hair fiber on to cover up the bald spots for several years for some insane reason all while feeling insecure about if anybody noticed.
I decided about 5 years ago to shave it down to a zero and I've been told by a lot of folks that know me well that I look much better this way (luckily I have the right shaped head to pull it off to go along with an athletic build and beard and moustache stubble) so long story short, I made such a big deal for years over something that turned out to be trivial at the end of the day. In other words, I get why Jada feels insecure about it but what a massive overreaction by Will Smith and then that cringefest of a speech talking about "I have to be a defender of my family". Over what? A harmless, weak joke? I generally like Will Smith's work, loved Fresh Price, but gain some perspective buddy.
