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2. You could say that of many actors, but not of will smith.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 05:08 PM

Mar 2022

He's also a rapper and lyricist. He's capable of improvising in a fast metered rhyme.

The dynamic that led him to use violence had nothing to do with any inability to use words as an alternative.

He simply *chose* to use violence instead of words.

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Smith is a screen actor, he has to have lines written for him. He couldn't think of a clever answer Walleye Mar 2022 #1

You could say that of many actors, but not of will smith. unblock Mar 2022 #2

Well I'm even more disappointed in him considering that. Walleye Mar 2022 #3

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