Joseph Patel, a producer on the Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” has blasted Chris Rock for his presentation of the ca…
Patel also touched on the now infamous event that occurred before Rock introduced the best documentary feature category, in which Will Smith walked onto the stage and slapped Rock after the comedian made a joke about the appearance of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
“I think what Will did was selfish,” Patel wrote. “It robbed the category of its moment. It robbed the other excellent and amazing films of their moment to be acknowledged in what was a STRONG year for docs. And it robbed Summer of Soul and our team of our moment. Of a loud, enthusiastic cheer for a celebrated film.”
Patel also addressed the possibility that Rock was simply coming up with a joke under stress after his altercation with Smith, sharing that Rock “During the Onyx Collective’s “Summer of Soul” celebrations on March 26, the afternoon before the, Rock took to the stage to say, “I’m presenting the documentary Oscar tomorrow, for best documentary and I just I just came from the rehearsal.
“I never need a statue to tell me how nice I am – but it sure helps. And what both Will AND Chris did really stained what should have been a beautiful moment for us,” Patel’s thread concludes. “Also it goes without saying I speak for me and me alone. Not Ahmir and not our coproducers.”
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