Crisis team at the Oscars: This is how another slap scandal must be prevented

Updated on 02/24/2023 07:36

• The 95th Academy Awards are about crisis prevention.
• After the slap scandal surrounding Will Smith last year, new incidents should be avoided.
• A crisis team should now be set up for this.

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At this year’s Oscars, which will take place on March 12 in Los Angeles, a scandal like last year’s should not be repeated. At that time, the subsequent winner slapped his face will Smith Comedian Chris Rock live on stage at the 94th Academy Awards. Smith was not kicked out of the hall after that, and a little later he accepted the Oscar for Best Actor right on stage. At the 95th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the awards show, put together a crisis team to respond quickly and appropriately to untoward incidents. Academy CEO Bill Kramer has now revealed that In an interview with “Time”.

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“We’ve got a whole crisis team ready, something we haven’t had before, a lot of plans,” Kramer said. The Academy has played “many scenarios” in hopes of “preparing for anything”, including events that are currently unpredictable. The academy president added that he “never in a billion years would have imagined” Smith’s infamous slap in the face last year.

Presenter Jimmy Kimmel hosts the 95th Academy Awards

In addition to preparing for various eventualities, the President of the Academy has high hopes for presenter Jimmy Kimmel, who will lead the Oscars for the third time. “It’s very important to have a host who knows how to handle the live broadcast and the auditorium audience,” says Kramer. Kimmel, known in the United States for its nightly show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” It is known to be “funny and respectful” and has “rough edges, but not too sharp”.
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