Your friend Bruce Vilanch is quoted in the NYT: “And Bruce Vilanch, a past head writer of Oscars shows who did not work on this year's, said: “Everything that is in the script is vetted. But if a comedian comes out onstage and ad-libs something, there’s no time to vet. I’m guessing that’s what happened last night. What I’m hearing from everybody is that this was not the material that was rehearsed.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/movies/oscars-will-smith-slap-reactions.html?referringSource=articleShare On Mon, 28 Mar 2022 at 6:51 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I have zero confidence in blind sources from a blog post, which — let’s > face it — is what EW is now. > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 5:52 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On >> Behalf Of *Kevin M. >> >> *>*I have not worked the Oscars, but I’ve worked nearly every other >> awards show, and been in or around the writers room for those. True, a >> comic might submit a joke or two if he/she is presenting, but it is rare >> and extremely rare that a joke is not rehearsed multiple times before the >> live show. I’ll reach out to Bruce Vilanch on his Facebook, as he has >> years of direct experience in those writers rooms. But I would say at the >> very least there was collaboration between the room and Rock. >> >> >> >> *Entertainment Weekly *is reporting that the joke was not in the >> original script. (The article sorta loses focus from there, ending with >> Aunt Viv I supporting the slap.) >> >> >> https://ew.com/awards/oscars/chris-rock-jada-pinkett-smith-joke-not-in-oscars-script/ >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/001001d84307%2453d241b0%24fb76c510%24%40suddenlink.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/001001d84307%2453d241b0%24fb76c510%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ct_YV%3DEOz9t9Vn4-Nu2JZTo%3D-z5dV1MxJxdqJt3x%2B-Bw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ct_YV%3DEOz9t9Vn4-Nu2JZTo%3D-z5dV1MxJxdqJt3x%2B-Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJqrCMXUVsbBF3QAja9Edkcz_nE-KkucczOsgwLwXxLsA%40mail.gmail.com.
