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The question is inevitable, and more so in the times of political correctness that prevail in the film industry.

Is

's career mortally wounded after his assault on Chris Rock?

The veto imposed on Friday by the Hollywood Academy on the actor, which prevents him from attending the Oscar gala or any other organization event for a decade, seems like a difficult slab to lift for the 53-year-old interpreter.

The impression among experts in the United States is that their options, at least in the short term, are not good.

The mere shadow of a doubt over the reputation of any household name in the industry today can deal

.

#MeToo changed the rules of the game forever.

And the Will Smith thing, without being comparable to the sexual crimes committed by Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski -the others repudiated by the Academy-, was a resounding smack to a comedian like Rock on the stage of the Dolby Theater before the eyes the world, live and direct.

The fact of trying to defend the honor of his wife, Jada Pinkett, has not exempted him.

Mitra Ahouraian, an attorney specializing in entertainment cases, believes the punishment may be a reflection of what the industry is thinking about Smith right now.

"It seems like the general feeling in Hollywood is one of anger at him, that

that lingers," she says in an interview with

.

It's a stance similar to that of renowned publicist Howard Bragman, who explained this week in a podcast about the ins and outs of the film industry that it will be almost inevitable that Smith's career will not be understood after the incident at the Oscars.

he analyzes.

His aggression is going to cause "him to be dissected like a frog for a high school project for the next few days and weeks," he says.

For now, the tape with the Netflix label that the Philadelphia actor was going to star in,

, has been left on the air after the attack, according to

.

Smith was going to play the role of a man who loses his memory and who, trying to find out who he really is, discovers that he is living a double life, halfway between organized crime and his work as a CIA agent.

The other big project he was going to star in that has been stopped is

, one of the star franchises that has helped popularize African American.

Smith had received 40 pages of the script before winning the Oscar on March 27, but

.

There is also no release date for

, the drama directed by Antoine Fuqua and produced for Apple +.

It is scheduled to see the light in 2022.

Another feature film Smith was involved in with the Paramount studios imprint,

, starring Jojo Siwa, has also gone off the rails, although the announcement came before the Oscars.

The man who rose to fame in the early 90s as the protagonist of

would be doomed to take time out, according to experts in the world, in a case similar to that of

after several comments against the homosexual communities and bean.

Especially aired was his rage in 2006 after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

"Fucking Jews... the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.

Are you Jewish? », he asked the police officer who stopped him.

Will Smith

himself during the Oscars and responded with a strong slap to Rock after the joke about

he made to his wife, who suffers from alopecia.

Already from his seat, he yelled at Rock to get Pinkett "out of her fucking mouth," causing a radical shift in the tone of the ceremony and forcing the Academy to open an investigation.

At the moment, the winner of the statuette for best actor for

-before the veto was imposed on him last Friday- and has only reacted to apologize for what happened and abide by the institution's decision.

«I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris [Rock].

I was out of line and I was wrong," he wrote on his Instagram account.

In the air, the question of when his next project will be and for how long the studios will turn their backs on him.

That yes, the door remains open to be able to continue opting for nominations and the Oscar.

Smith could win another statuette, but not go to collect it in person during that decade of punishment, a decision that in Hollywood is generally considered fair.

For Ahouraian,

would have affected the hundreds of people who worked with him on a film, and not just the African-American star.

"It would have meant, essentially, the end of his career," he notes.

And by the way, a ruin for those who have enriched themselves with its undoubted pull at the box office, a premature and definitive exit from the forum that

.

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