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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 14712" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/joseph-patel-summer-of-soul.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="Summer Of Soul Oscars Win Questlove Joseph Patel" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty ImageSince the moment <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/will-smith-slap-saved-oscars/" target="_blank">Will Smith decided to get up out of his seat at the Oscars</a> and <a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/will-smith-chris-rock-slap-oscars-twitter-reactions/" target="_blank">slap Chris Rock for a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith</a>, the repercussion have been raining down. Now, <a href="https://uproxx.com/tv/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-slap-investigation-academy/" target="_blank">The Academy is conducting a formal review of the incident</a>, but another innocent party in the fallout from the drama is Questlove and his entire talented team behind <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-footage-holy-grail/" target="_blank">the Summer Of Soul documentary</a>, one of the winners that was announced right after the incident occured.Questlove already admitted he was <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-oscars-will-smith-slap-speech-rattled/" target="_blank">“rattled” by the incident</a> while <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-oscars-acceptance-speech-summer-of-soul-academy-awards/" target="_blank">giving his acceptance speech for his first Oscar</a> (!), which is definitely understandable, and now one of the producers behind the film has spoken out about how Will’s “selfish” decision impacted the team.Joseph Patel, one of the producers of Summer Of Soul shared a lengthy thread on Twitter tonight, not just about the impact of Will’s actions, but how a throwaway comment from Chris Rock about how the project was Questlove and “four white guys” really erased a historic accomplishment for him. <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/im-the-first-patel-to-ever-win-an-oscar-summer-of-soul-producer-joseph-patel-7843209/" target="_blank">Patel is of Southeast Asian descent,</a> as were a couple other winners that night for another film, making it a pretty historic for them and their culture. Read Patel’s thoughts transcribed below, along with the corresponding tweets.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/summer-of-soul-producer-joseph-patel-will-smith-selfish-slap-robbed-category/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 14712, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Summer Of Soul Oscars Win Questlove Joseph Patel"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/joseph-patel-summer-of-soul.jpg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] Since the moment [URL='https://uproxx.com/movies/will-smith-slap-saved-oscars/']Will Smith decided to get up out of his seat at the Oscars[/URL] and [URL='https://uproxx.com/tv/will-smith-chris-rock-slap-oscars-twitter-reactions/']slap Chris Rock for a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith[/URL], the repercussion have been raining down. Now, [URL='https://uproxx.com/tv/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-slap-investigation-academy/']The Academy is conducting a formal review of the incident[/URL], but another innocent party in the fallout from the drama is Questlove and his entire talented team behind [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-summer-of-soul-footage-holy-grail/']the [I]Summer Of Soul[/I] documentary[/URL], one of the winners that was announced right after the incident occured. Questlove already admitted he was [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-oscars-will-smith-slap-speech-rattled/']“rattled” by the incident[/URL] while [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/questlove-oscars-acceptance-speech-summer-of-soul-academy-awards/']giving his acceptance speech for his first Oscar[/URL] (!), which is definitely understandable, and now one of the producers behind the film has spoken out about how Will’s “selfish” decision impacted the team. Joseph Patel, one of the producers of [I]Summer Of Soul[/I] shared a lengthy thread on Twitter tonight, not just about the impact of Will’s actions, but how a throwaway comment from Chris Rock about how the project was Questlove and “four white guys” really erased a historic accomplishment for him. [URL='https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/im-the-first-patel-to-ever-win-an-oscar-summer-of-soul-producer-joseph-patel-7843209/']Patel is of Southeast Asian descent,[/URL] as were a couple other winners that night for another film, making it a pretty historic for them and their culture. Read Patel’s thoughts transcribed below, along with the corresponding tweets. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/summer-of-soul-producer-joseph-patel-will-smith-selfish-slap-robbed-category/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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