Joseph Patel, the producer of music documentary Summer time of Soul, has accused each Will Smith and Chris Rock of selfishness in overshadowing his movie’s triumph on Sunday evening on the Oscars.
Patel, who produced the documentary alongside Robert Fyvolent, David Dinerstein and director Questlove, stated he was “nonetheless making an attempt to make sense” of the trade, which noticed Smith slap Rock for making a joke about his spouse’s alopecia.
The incident occurred immediately earlier than the documentary outcomes have been introduced.
“I feel what Will did was egocentric,” wrote Patel on Twitter, in a now deleted thread. “It robbed the class of its second. It robbed the opposite glorious and wonderful movies of their second to be acknowledged in what was a STRONG 12 months for docs.
“And it robbed Summer time of Soul and our staff of our second. Of a loud, enthusiastic cheer for a celebrated movie.”
Patel writes that he recalled strolling on stage to just accept the award and Smith hugging Questlove, who “dealt with the second with grace, giving a speech from the center.”
He added: “What I didn’t hear in that second strolling to stage however was advised of afterwards is what Chris Rock stated when studying our identify from the winner’s card – The winner is ‘Summer time of Soul …Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson and 4 white guys.” WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK?????
“The rationale that makes me SO SO VERY ANGRY is as a result of I used to be so proud to be considered one of a handful of South Asians to have ever gained an Oscar within the historical past of the award.”
The truth is, Patel was the third south Asian man to select up an award that evening, after Riz Ahmed and Aneil Karia.
“So with my household and pals watching, Chris Rock lumped me in as 1 of ‘4 white guys. (Nevermind the disrespect to @d2films and @fyvo for not even saying their names, and the inaccuracy of us being 3 producers not 4),” Patel continued.
Patel declined to place Rock’s joke right down to discombobulation after the slap, as “he made the identical joke the evening earlier than on stage on the Roots Jam!”
“So I’m indignant,” he wrote. “Indignant at Will Smith. Indignant at Chris Rock. Indignant for me. Indignant for Ahmir. Indignant for my fellow film-makers.
“I received again dwelling to New York final evening and noticed the ceremony on my DVR and didn’t have the abdomen to look at it. I in all probability by no means will. Thanks, Chris – You absolute fucking dick.”
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