Barry, you miss one important point between Rock and Kimmel.  Rock's comments reflected what was going on within the Academy and its lack of diversity.  It was inward looking and was (and is) a problem that the Academy itself had to recognize and resolve.  But did you expect Kimmel to tear a strip off of Trump for 4 hours?  

The Oscars are about the films and those who make them; the show is not about its host or the President.  Winners stood on the podium last night (one had a statement read by proxy) and said their piece - respectfully, with subtlety, with graciousness of receiving an Oscar.  It was not the CPAC or DNC convention.  This was not a place to be politically grandstanding.  People are getting tired of it.

So, the comments and barbs were made in a tone that recognized for the most part that the show was for entertainment not for raging against Trump.  As a journalist, Barry, you should have realized that much at least.  I don't like Trump either but Jimmy was good.