As long as it’s not a show (I’m rather suspicious after a month of war), a complexity analyst could certainly tell us that Will Smith beat comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, but focusing on that unfortunate aspect of the question is a lazy one and simplistic approach. Because it was Rock who, with his joke about his wife’s alopecia, provoked the reaction of the great actor. Great actors are sensitive people and Realpolitik suggests not teasing them with dubious taunts.
After blaming him for the slap, the analyst praised the comedian’s behavior, who, unlike his colleague Zelenskyy, accepted the slap without resistance. And he’d conclude by blaming the United States (come on, open your eyes: who’s organizing Oscar night?), very capable of getting Rock to provoke Smith for a shady economic cause disguised as freedom of speech . As a reason, it doesn’t wrinkle.
But ever since Zidane’s headline in Materazzi, the simpleton in me has insisted that the shift from latent to overt aggression is not marginal. As soon as you march in or step out, the scenario suddenly changes and the reasons for the violence no longer matter. Only violence remains. Even if, as in the case of Will Smith, one would prefer to pass it off as love.
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