“That was the greatest night in the history of television,” Rock said, before awkwardly returning to presenting best documentary, which went to Questlove’s “Summer of Soul (…or When the Revolution Was Not Televised).” After sitting back down, Smith shouted at Rock to “keep my wife’s name out of your (expletive) mouth.” When Rock, who joked about Jada Pinkett Smith while hosting the Oscars in 2016, protested that it was just a “GI Jane” joke, Smith repeated the same line.
Jane,” Smith stood up from his seat near the stage, strode up to Rock and slapped him. Photo by Brian Snyder/ReutersĪfter Rock joked to Smith that he was looking forward to a sequel to “G.I. Will Smith hits Chris Rock as the comedian spoke on stage during the 94th Academy Awards.
#Coda meaning deaf movie#
Not since 1932’s “Grand Hotel” has a movie won best picture with fewer than four nods.Įarlier, a 94th Academy Awards that steadily maintained a buoyant spirit was rocked by an unbelievable exchange after Will Smith took offense to a joke made by Chris Rock about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “CODA” managed that despite being one of the least-nominated films with only three coming into Sunday. It’s the first film with a largely deaf cast to win best picture. Its best chance, Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog,” came in with a leading 12 nominations.īut “CODA” rode a wave of goodwill driven by its cast including Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant. It also handed another near-miss defeat to Netflix, the veteran streamer that for years has tried vainly to score best picture. It also had one very deep-pocketed backer in Apple TV+, which scored its first best picture Academy Award on Sunday, less than three years after launching the service. Sian Heder’s “CODA,” which first premiered at a virtual Sundance Film Festival in winter 2021, started out as an underdog but gradually emerged as the Oscars’ feel-good favorite. LOS ANGELES - After a movie year often light on crowds, the Academy Awards named an unabashed crowd-pleaser, the deaf family drama “CODA,” best picture Sunday, handing Hollywood’s top award to a streaming service for the first time.
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