Talk about a Slap — on the wrist.
After announcing a weeks-long investigation into an unprovoked assault that millions saw in real time — …
Talk about a Slap — on the wrist. After announcing a weeks-long investigation into an unprovoked assault that millions saw in real time — like it’s Watergate! — the Academy finally meted out Will Smith’s punishment: Banned from the Oscars for 10 years. Say it isn’t so! This is meant to hurt? Banishment from the longest, most painfully unfunny and irrelevant awards show going? Will Smith can’t present Best Actress next year? It would all be funny if it weren’t so pathetic. The Academy gave Will Smith a gift. It’s not like he’s banned from the after-parties. It’s not like he’s banned from making movies or from getting nominated again. It’s not like he’s had his Oscar stripped. And that’s the real problem. For all its public handwringing, the Academy was never, ever going to take Will Smith’s Oscar away. Whoopi Goldberg, who sits on the Academy’s Board of Governors, said it plainly and decisively on “The View” the morning after The Slap — it wasn’t going to happen.
