Will Smith: Dude or Dud?

Will Smith - v.good. "Will 2K" still remarkably fine (best irretrievably dated song?).

Rudeness of "dude" - probably not. HOWEVER was anyone else here told at school that certain minorly rude and slangy words were in fact much ruder than they were, really awesomely rude, the H-Bombs of the rude word world. Example: at 6 or 7 I learned "cunt" and was soundly punished for trying it out. In Primary School playground soon after I was told that "cunt" was small fry and that "frig" was Where It Was At rudeness-wise. Foolishly I believed and kept what I thought was an awesome swearing power-up in reserve until during some taunting fight I was riled enough to let loose with "Frig You!". Cue shaming laughter.

Now he just pisses me off. Probably my own fault for seeing Hitch but there you go. Sorry Will.

Smith also visited the capital Delhi and the Taj Mahal and said he "connected" with Shahjahan - the Moghul Emperor who built the monument for his queen, Mumtaz Mahal.

He said: "In my home in Los Angeles, I've built a lake and called it 'Her Lake' as a token of my love for my wife.

"I totally understand that feeling of building a monument to show your love for your woman.

"When I was walking through the Taj Mahal, I kept saying, I am that man."

I had no idea Will Smith was a violent Islamic polygamist and opium addict who designed massive monuments following the obscure designs of Sufi mystics.

he's a scientologist now

http://www.showbizspy.com/2008/01/09/will-smith-has-become-a-scientology-recruiter/

thanks, we know

as if there weren't already enough reasons to hate him

gabbneb

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=cruise+smith&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

"-- gabbneb"

so much love

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/78/180362721_495da22a47.jpg

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/C1458875919/E1604927117/Media/danzig-1.jpg

he's always been a salesman, so Scientology is perfect.

GAY?

fo sho

He's been on my shitlist ever since his wife was somehow allowed to make a fool out of herself at ozzfest. This just makes it permanent.

lol @ ILE hating friendly black ppl

i like the dude fine, i just wish he'd stop making movies in which America gets all blowed up

we love you dan! just not aggressively friendly infotainment-camera whores.

I like Will Smith.

is that a gabnebb by the bbq?

Will Smith doesn't strike me as friendly at all

I think by "ILE" I meant "Shakey"

(xpost!)

I did not appreciate his fucking up my neighborhood with his stupid Happyness movie

is that a gabnebb by the bbq?

gabbneb is the dude in the background who is happy to see you with expensive sunglasses in his pocket

lol thighboner

it's spelled "thibodeaux"

umm arf arf

who's the large dude in that pic? Wasn't he in an episode of Seinfeld, where Kramer has to fake illness for acting school?

he didn't annoy me in I AM TEH LEGEND, so maybe he is a good actor after all.

The viral marketing for his new movie starts here:

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9281/odeonxu2.jpg

theres a hancock thread, i think. i am anticipating i think

http://www.whudat.com/news/images/will-smith-charlize-theron-3.jpg
Dude...ish but he's started acting like G.O.B in Arrested Development when he kept saying 'COME ON' about his suit. Big Will is a bit too loud these days. I think he has ADD.

Will Smith as Hancock so cue stock gag about does he do the blood donor routine &c.

I like the idea of Will Smith playing Superman as Bad Santa, but the more I see and hear about it the less likely I am to actually check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0DRch3YLh0

xps Maybe a lot of people actually read this site as one thread? It's weird

the tussin stuff easily the funniest shit around this I've seen. good work thread

It’s more like one of the handful of Black people on this site wondering when the non-Black people are going to get this shit out of their system. I know it’s not a perspective most of you hear on a regular basis.

Kinda hear your scolding about that often

dude stfu

Seconded

because people like you persist?

xpost

Oh I know, how dare someone push back against the Black Man of ILX.
If Jim Carrey had slapped Ricky Gervais, ppl would def still be taking about it.

fuck this shit.

Granny Dainger's not-so-secret conservative waaaaahhhhh instincts emerge.

gtfo out of this board and find a Reddit thread where your mewlings have a teenage audience suitable for Ben Shapiro's IQ

Oh I know, how dare someone push back against the Black Man of ILX.
If Jim Carrey had slapped Ricky Gervais, ppl would def still be taking about it.

way to utterly neuter the impact of your second statement (which I agree with) by fronting it with this absurd shit.

Wow this conversation went south quick.

I think the real reason people are still talking about it is to distract themselves from the threat of nuclear war and a two-year plague.

xp Jim Carrey not a great substitute, given his televised interview. I knew I shouldn't contribute to keeping this distraction rolling, but I did it any way because I had to share my shit joeks. I'm sorry for my contribution, and I appreciate the perspective.

This was quite good.

"If a Black man who has had a professional and personal reputation of being one of the nicest men in Hollywood for over the course of his three-decade career can immediately be villainized, I shudder at the thought of the way people are treating the Black boys and Black men in their everyday lives with considerably less social and monetary capital."

https://www.xonecole.com/will-smith-chris-rock-slap-accountability/?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3

I agree he should not be villainized, it was clear from his speech that he has some major psychological issues going on that he needs to work on. I seriously doubt anyone actually thinks Will Smith is an asshole despite his attempt in the moment to seem tough. Guy is not Sean Penn or (pick your random hollywood celeb who likes to punch out photographers etc) some evil pariah like Woody Allen.

I'm astounded at the many profound insights into society, politics, psychology, the entertainment world, race relations, and the war in Ukraine, that are revealed to the world when you really stop and think about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock while dressed in tuxedos.

its so crazy

Slap as Text

Guy is not Sean Penn--the last guy (or at least a prominent example) to really take issue with Chris Rock at the Academy Awards...over Jude Law, not his wife.

lmao jfc

My mom told me a bunch of pastors here in Boston tried to contact Chris Rock during his show to help him broker an accord with will smith and i think this is officially losing the plot

— Kaitlyn Greenidge (@surlybassey) April 1, 2022

“God wants you two to work this thing out”

a new school of philosophy that's deeply voyeuristic and like totally hinges on those tuxes. cool like.
Would it work with any other garments?

Opinion
It’s Been 4 Days Since The Oscars And I Hate That We’re Still Talking About Will Smith
"I refused to write a hot take because I knew everyone was going to have a hot take. This is not a hot take. It’s a hate take."

I forgot to include the Hate Take stage

Hate the take, don't hate the taker. Oh wait.

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/will-smith-resigns-academy-oscars-slap-chris-rock-1235221041/?fbclid=IwAR0q_NItSqQoNSECsx2L7BB7YoU5VE7J88_Nyxc5UgC_E8NvRoqX7iJlVFE

Well.

I’m literally loling at this

In the meantime, here’s what Smith’s resignation means for the actor’s Oscars future:

Yes, he still gets to keep his Best Actor Oscar for “King Richard”
Yes, he can still get invited to future Academy Awards ceremonies
Yes, he can still be nominated for future consideration
No, he is no longer a voting member of the Academy

In addition, Mr. Smith was given a good talking to and was told by the Academy that they were very disappointed in him and they hoped he would do better in the future. Which punishment seems about right for the crime.

massive eyeroll at all of this

signifying-nothing, performative, nonsensical twaddle

What works for us is revoking TV-watching privileges

not only can he come back next year he will be used in all their promotional material

performative

it's hollywood, vg, where 'performative' is what matters most

exactly

my first reaction to this is still my reaction which is that i felt bad for chris rock because being attacked is frightening and humiliating, and i felt bad for will smith that he self-sabotaged so amazingly at one of the bigger and most public moments of his career and i hope he can figure out why and find some peace

<3 i think that def sums it up

Well, sometimes these things turn out to be completely anomalous, and never repeated, in public anyway:

1979-09-22 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

Info & Setlist | Venue
Second MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) Benefit concert, also known as "No Nukes". "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" features an instrumental snippet of "Wipe Out" after Max's introduction. Contains the infamous Lynn Goldsmith moment during "Quarter To Three" - Goldsmith (Bruce's ex-girlfriend) was taking photos, which Bruce thought she had agreed not to do. He drags her up on stage, announces her as "my ex-girlfriend" and then has her escorted away. Tom Petty joins along with Jackson Browne and Rosemary Butler for "Stay".

Estela nailed it.

What works for us is revoking TV-watching privileges

My fear is that if Hollywood ostracizes Will Smith he will end up as a right winger making action films for the Eastern European market

Will Smith & Steven Seagal in...LET'S GO BRANDON!

You laugh but

Straight to streaming, surprise smash hit

Fresh Prince vs. Kid Rock Rap Battle scene.

I think I can beat Ivan Drago

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPWSXqDXoAcYeGf?format=jpg&name=900x900

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPWSXqDXoAcYeGf?format=jpg&name=900x900

and if you liked that one, wait until the numerologists get to work on this

how much would pfizer have to pay those two millionaires for the performance?

oh shit!

A Video Of Chris Rock Opening Up About Suffering Sexual Assault From School Bullies As A Child Has Resurfaced Online After He Was Smacked By Will Smith
The comedian also recounted a time that he violently retaliated against one of his bullies, which left him “scared to be angry” for decades.

I always remember about five scrolls in (and four scrolls too late) that BF deliberately reverts the traditional inverted pyramid structure so that nothing of any real use will show up in the copy until you've been on the page for a couple minutes already.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2022/03/30/wanda-sykes-smith-slapping-rock-it-sickening/7224662001/