Marquess of Queensberry Rules and the Academy

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Comedy is a dangerous business, Exhibit A. No-one's especially interested in last night's Best Picture winner, Coda, but everyone's talking about Will Smith punching Chris Rock at the Oscars. Rock made what he clearly thought was a very softball joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's haircut and Will Smith punched him in the face. Unbeknownst to Rock,

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[howlin_wolf_66]

I don't believe he didn't know... and he's also made veiled criticisms of Jada camouflaged as 'jokes' before...

This doesn't excuse Will's actions, but it maybe explains them.