Will Smith in “King Richard.” Hollywood has a funny memory. An actor’s appeal is transitory. You know the old joke: “Who is John Smith?” “Get me John Smith!” “Get me a John Smith type.” “Who is John Smith?” Fame is as fleeting as the bubbles in a glass of Golden Globes champagne. But an actor’s transgressions? Those aren’t as readily forgotten — or forgiven. The Will Smith/Chris Rock incident already has been covered ad nauseum. It has been dissected in slow motion, examined by conspiracists, analyzed for what it supposedly says about race, gender, sexism and machismo and finally adjudicated b…

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