In order not to experience the Will Smith and Chris Rock debacle at the 2022 Oscars, the Academy has fully established a “Crisis Team”
Chief Executive of the Academy of Motion Pictures Bill Kramer revealed the award ceremony will be “prepared for anything” with its new crisis team.
This new development is coming on the heels of the widely televised Will Smith slap on Chris Rock’s face,
over a joke made on his wife
Though another Oscar ceremony is in the works, the memory from the last Oscars seems not to have faded at all
‘Because of last year, we’ve opened our minds to the many things that can happen at the Oscars,‘ Academy CEO Bill Kramer told TIME
Kramer said that the institution has implemented the organization of a group
focused on handling emergency situations at the annual event.
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According to Kramer, the Academy’s “crisis team” consists of communications teams
able to “gather very quickly” to act as a spokesperson or issue statements.
“So it is our hope that we will be prepared for anything that we may not anticipate right now
but that we’re planning for just in case it does happen,” the CEO added.
During the Oscars luncheon on Feb. 17, Janet Yang, the Academy’s president, aired her regrets about last year’s response to the unexpected slap.
“I’m sure you all remember we experienced an unprecedented event at the Oscars,” Yang told a crowd
that included Tom Cruise, Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, and Steven Spielberg during her opening remarks. “What happened onstage was wholly unacceptable and the response from our organization was inadequate.”
Recall that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences did little
in response to Smith storming the stage and slapping Rock during last year’s telecast or in the immediate aftermath.
It was nearly two weeks before its board of governors voted to ban Smith from the Oscars
and all other academy events for 10 years. Smith had already preemptively resigned as an academy member.
Meanwhile, the 95th annual Academy Awards are on Sunday, March 12, at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. The ceremony is set to begin at 8 p.m.
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