Why what Will Smith did at the Oscars 2022?

The firs "regular" Oscars after the Pandemic is a hit. 

It is not because Dune brought back 6 Academy Awards or CODA is the best picture. The only thing everyone's talking about is the "Will Smith-Chris Tucker" incident. 

 It so happened that I was watching it live and saw Will Smith walked up to the stage and took a swing at Chris Tucker. It looked like a pre-scripted scene as part of Tucker's joke sequence. Then, the video froze for a few seconds, then there's no audio. Everyone on screen seemed to be confused while everyone watching on TV wished they can lip reading like in CODA.  

Will Smith was talking without audio.  It didn't look funny now. 

 It turns out that Tucker made a joke about Jada (Smith's wife)'s hair problem, which was a result of an autoimmune disease. Smith was not happy about it and decided to take a swing at Tucker. A little background. Jada Smith had an autoimmune disease that led her shaving her head. It is a devastating issue for anyone but particularly hard for actresses who may have direct career implications. She was very open about talking about the disease and raising awareness of it. 

 This is a great woman. And it is a bad tasted joke. 

 It might likely become an after party story but Will Smith acted on it. He went up and hit Chris Tucker. 20 minutes later, an emotional Will Smith gave a tearful acceptance speech for his Best Actor Oscar (apparently his publicist's prep talk worked). He apologized to the Academy and the fellow nominees but not Tucker. He cited the character King Richard in the film that he is a man who protects his family. His speech received a standing ovation. 

Is this the end of the story? Hell no. This became the talk of the day/week. Where's Ukraine? Who cares? 

Will Smith is one of my most favorite actors, up to last night. Although many, me included, may thought Tucker deserves a punch, it is wrong in so many levels. 

First, and foremost, one should resort to violence to solve such problems.  We are experiencing exactly the same thing in Ukraine right now. 

Second, nobody should physically attack a comedian because their jokes.  This is particularly true for Will Smith who is an entertainer himself.  Does this mean anyone who doesn't like anything he said on screen can just go punch him?  Even Will Smith doesn't mind, I do.  

In the end of the day, Jada was there as an actress herself, not just Will Smith's wife. She chose to be a public figure and be able to handle jokes is part of the job.  If she doesn't like it, Will Smith can help to have her heard.  There're plenty of opportunities to do that.  In fact, I wish that was Will Smith's acceptance speech.  Not the BS he pulled last night. 

Additionally, it's shocking that the Oscars organizers didn't kick Smith out immediately and let him using the platform to justify his actions: that was not an apology at all!  If I was Chris Tucker, I'd sue the Oscars for $100m in damages.