Two people debate whether they can watch Will Smith movies after the Oscars slap. One feels conflicted about supporting him; the other compares his current vibe to characters from Roots, describing a kind of reckless bravado that's hard to ignore.
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And that's what I, I was thinking about when I said what I said Friday about being torn as to wanting to go see the movie but not wanting to see Will Smith. I wasn't encouraging anybody else not to do it. I was just saying that I was having trouble dealing with it.
Dealing with it. He act like he been slapped. You know who he reminds me of? When back in the day when we used to watch Roots, right? I would have been the one that he's telling on. Hey, we finna buck this bitch tonight. We finna go. If you coming, you coming tonight. No asking no questions. He in the back, uh-uh, uh-uh. How will Master view me if you niggas just running? How am I gonna look? We're not finna do it. That's what he giving me.