WATCHING the replays of The Slap the morning after Will Smith lost it (before winning it) at the Oscars, I couldn’t get over how…theatrical the whole thing seemed.
The sound it made - the perfect 'DOOF!' always dubbed on to screen violence. The way Chris Rock stayed on his feet. The way that, for the first time in many weary years of po-faced preaching disguised as acceptance speeches, everyone is suddenly talking about the Oscars.
Yet it could well be real. We see Smith tittering at the G.I Jane joke - then we see Jada giving him daggers - and, considering her known feistiness, it’s not hard to imagine the ear-ache he’d be getting behind closed doors if he didn’t put it right.
So up he gets and defends his wife’s honour (and haircut) by smacking a comedian for making a joke. .css-16e4f55{margin:16px 0;}.css-u6yh49{background-color:rgba(246,242,249,1);margin:16px 0;}.css-1tapza8{padding:20px 15px;}.css-1bk4jdt{padding:20px.
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