The 2022 Oscars are likely to be the most impressive year in the film industry in the United States. The reason is, May 27, 2022 United States time, a surprising event occurred at the event.
Will Smith slaps Chris Rock who makes the bald head of Jada, Will Smith's wife, a joke. Displeased with the joke, Will Smith got up from his chair and walked towards Chris Rock to slap the 1965 -born comedian.
This is reaping various reactions from the public. Some blame Will Smith's reaction and some blame Chris Rock's jokes. Whatever it is, the actions of both are very unfortunate to happen.
Whatever it is, the incident can teach us a lesson to be careful in joking. Because, not everything can be used as a joke. Especially when it comes to sensitive matters that affect someone's life, whether we know someone close or not.
The reason is, we never know how a person's mental condition is when we throw the joke. Here is a series of things that you should not make a joke. Anything?
Someone's Illness
An illness usually not only affects a person's physical weakness, but also affects the patient's mental health. Quoted from the Compassoncology website, a cancer patient can experience emotional stress, anxiety, and depression.
During treatment, patients may be stressed about the treatment, side effects, and impact of cancer on the lives of those around them. Thus, it is not good when you throw jokes about someone's illness to a patient or someone else.
Death or Loss
Losing someone, something, or an animal we love is not a good idea. It will definitely have an impact on our mental condition and mood in a certain time.
For you, losing someone else may be a trivial matter, but not for the person who experienced it. So, try to be more empathetic, yes. In this case, not only death, but also miscarriage or loss of a pet or pet, for example.
Natural disaster
A natural disaster is a disaster whose arrival cannot be confirmed when it will come. This often makes the victim surprised and unprepared to face it. In other words, this condition can trigger mood swings to be sad, stressed, and even depressed.
So instead of comforting them with what they are going through, try to be more empathetic by comforting them in other ways.
Sexual Violence
Similar to the four things above, you should also not make sexual violence a joke to anyone. After all, there is nothing funny about every incident of sexual violence. If you make this a joke, there may be something wrong with you.
Those are some of the things you should undo to make jokes. However, Will Smith's act of slapping Chris Rock at the awards ceremony was not immediately justified.
Will Smith himself has publicly apologized to Chris Rock through his Instagram account. He admitted his guilt on Oscar awards night.