[CNN] Chris Rock tackles ‘selective outrage’ and Oscars slap in live Netflix special

Dominica News Online - Sunday, March 5th, 2023 at 2:25 PM
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Chris Rock at the Hippodrome Theater in Baltimore for his live Netflix special on Saturday.
CNN — Chris Rock finally addressed the Oscars slap and made Netflix history on Saturday, with the platform’s first live global streaming event.

“I’m going to try to do a show tonight without offending nobody. I’m going to try my best, because you never know who might get triggered,” Rock said as he opened his set from Baltimore. “People always say words hurt … anybody who says words hurt has never been punched in the face.”

After that quick apparent reference to Will Smith slapping him on stage at last year’s Academy Awards, Rock saved his jokes about the incident until the last ten minutes of the show.

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2 Comments

  1. Steve Foerster
    March 5, 2023

    People still believe that slap wasn’t staged? Come on.

    Hot debate. What do you think? Thumb up 5 Thumb down 4
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    • Frank N Stein
      March 6, 2023

      People still believe that it was? That a man agreed to throw his money and reputation down the drain? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: little green men are running all over Botanical Gardens.

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