This hollywood academy decided it was. Aggression played by Will Smith while slapping Chris Rock The Oscar Awards ceremony, held in 2022, marks a turning point. They don’t want something like this to happen again.
The 2023 Oscar Awards premiere is already imminent (Sunday 12 March – Monday 13 March at 2:00 Spanish time) and the organization of the event Prepare a protocol to maximize reaction capacities before any unforeseen event during the celebration of the ceremony. Managing director Bill Kramer, in an interview with ‘Time’ magazine, admitted that they were stunned by the situation in the 94th edition, and assured that “we were not up to it”. Now they are ready to fix this error.
Therefore, from the start of the red carpet in front of the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, there will be a “crisis team” ready to intervene immediately. “We’ve put together a set of structures and communications teams to get together and act together as soon as possible when an unexpected event occurs,” Kramer said in the interview. this 2023 will be much more security. “We have a complete crisis team, it’s something we’ve never had before, and after considering various scenarios, we’re going to introduce other protocols,” he continues, suggesting that aggression makes them think and “makes us open our minds to anything that might happen.” It can happen at the Oscars” so you don’t have to make decisions on the fly.
Will Smith’s slap to Chris Rock, host of the 2022 Oscar Awards in Los Angeles, sparked a series of backlash that severely impacted this year’s premiere. The player, who took the statuette minutes after the attack, banned for ten years He refused to lead the 2023 ceremony, a job that fell to Jimmy Kimmel, who had already done it by the academy and the comedian with notable success in the 2017 and 2018 editions. having a single server.
However, this unfortunate event seems to serve to improve the gala organization. Janet Yang, president of the Hollywood Academy, agreed that “what we experienced last year was unacceptable and our response did not do the job. It was a turning point for acting with greater transparency and responsibility.” Everything is being done to ensure that this year’s Oscars don’t end with cakes.