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    Hollywood could've stepped up to condemn violence at the Oscars. It didn't

    by Eric Deggans Mar 28, 2022 4 minutes
    Will Smith holds his award for best actor in a Leading Role for <em>King Richard</em> as he attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party.

    Editor's note: The following contains an embedded video that contains offensive language.

    This was not how I expected to feel last night.

    Watching Will Smith stalk off the stage with an Oscar for best actor in hand, I had anticipated pride and admiration in seeing a popular and hardworking performer finally ascend to join Hollywood's most creatively respected Black actors, alongside Denzel, Sidney, Morgan and Samuel L.

    Instead, I first felt bewilderment, then anger. How, I wondered, was Smith allowed to climb onstage to accept an award, not long after walking up and slapping comedian Chris Rock when the comic cracked an unflattering joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith?

    Why was he given long minutes to offer a – "was a fierce defender of his family"? As if that somehow explained why it was okay to assault a performer during a live telecast of Hollywood's biggest awards show?

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