Eric Ting, a political editor for SFGate, is just one of many who believe the "Slap Heard Around the World" was staged. His article titled, "The elites are lying to you about the Will Smith-Chris Rock slap at the Oscars," might seem a bit conspiracy tinged, but I must say there is some meat on them their bones.
The one question that I completely agree with Eric on is this:
"If it was real, why did it look so fake?"
Sometimes it's best to go with your first impression of a person or event, and many of us concede that our first impression of the slap was a staged event for entertainment purposes. When you throw out everything that led to the slap, and everything following the slap, you are left with what many saw as over the top Hollywood trying too hard to capture their audience.
We may never know the truth of the matter. And because I feel bad for the unexpected violence impressed on viewers, I kinda hope the Oscars will apologize, while coming out and saying it was just a skit gone terribly wrong.
Scandalous happenings in Hollywood cater to a billion-dollar media industry covering it all. What's the old saying, "there's no such thing as bad publicity?" So why fake an insult and/or assault?
The answer might just come down to the money. From what I hear, the Oscars have fallen flat in television ratings the past few years. Could it be possible, promoters of this traditional movie awards event, stooped as low as a lying politician in order to win back viewers and boost ratings?
Is it possible, the American viewing public were the victims of a Will & Chris dynamic duo skit, that landed flat and morphed into a publicity monster for all involved? A monster that bites both ways? Possible? Probable? Unlikely?
I come back to the observation our political editor Eric voiced:
"If it was real, why did it look so fake?"
Maybe it looked fake because fake is what Hollywood does.
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