No one in the world would even remember that joke, positively or negatively, if Will Smith hadn’t reacted in an insane way. It’s the silliest throwaway joke in the world, but it gave us a the world’s worst insight into an insane relationship dynamic.

Not even accurate. She had no hair.

Brought to you by “white people who think just by saying ‘black woman’ you’re making a good point, and have to be sided with, no matter how inane your argument is.”

he got paid a shitton of money to dump on

You try and write a short article by yourself!

Yea the writing in this article isn’t very tight. Needed another go-over by an editor who had a strong sense of the through-line. This article reads like the scattered thoughts of the AV Club’s editorial staff more than an article written by a single author with a clear point of view.

You know it’s gonna be an all-timer when none of the writers want to attach their name to the article 

In a vacuum, I would and did say that Rock’s joke against JPS was pretty harmless. Calling a bald woman ‘GI Jane’ in a jokey way, at an event where some light ribbing is expected, could almost be interpreted as a compliment, frankly - especially if he didn’t know it was due to alopecia.

Yes, because making fun of one woman implies he’s making fun of all women.

Was this written by all of the staff? 

The slap is all on Will Smith. He could have done the sensible thing and have a chat with Rock afterwards that he would like him to apologize for what he said to his wife. 

It’s almost like the writers for this site are unfunny, untalented hacks. 

but there are some compelling counterpoints going around:

He’s not shitting on Trans people, so I count this as a win.

I saw him live a few weeks ago. A massive detail the AVClub is selectively leaving out, to maximize the outrage you’re supposed to feel, is that he’s pointing out that she cheated on him by sleeping with their teenage son’s friend, and then they took interviews about it as a family. The joke is Will Smith had to sit…

It’s funny how you can tell the avclub is so terrified of finding something funny that someone somewhere might be offended by.

Nah. You’re just an unfunny, depressed loser. 

What reality do you live in? 

Chris Rock....on point again! Women DO have power! Will Smith IS a bullying Cuckhold! Most “wokeness” IS unearned victimhood taking up space for real victims! The thing I love most....his daughter in culinary school in PARIS!!!

Fella’s hilarious. I’ll definitely watch this special eventually.