A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix, in which the comedian bragged that he 91裸聊视频渢ook that hit like Pacquiao.91裸聊视频�
The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed his first stand-up special since last year91裸聊视频檚 Oscars. 91裸聊视频淐hris Rock: Selective Outrage,91裸聊视频� streamed live from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked Netflix91裸聊视频檚 first foray into live streaming.
Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion around his neck, immediately touched on last year91裸聊视频檚 Oscars while riffing on 91裸聊视频渨okeness,91裸聊视频� hypersensitivity and what he called 91裸聊视频渟elective outrage.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淵ou never know who might get triggered,91裸聊视频� said Rock. 91裸聊视频淎nybody who says words hurt hasn91裸聊视频檛 been punched in the face.91裸聊视频�
But Rock then launched into a series of wide-ranging topics examining contemporary issues, including virtue signaling, high-priced yoga pants, the Duchess of Sussex, the Kardashians, abortion rights, the Capitol riot and what he called America91裸聊视频檚 biggest addition: Attention.
91裸聊视频淲e used to want love, now we just want likes,91裸聊视频� said Rock.
Rock, who also riffed on how he91裸聊视频檇 respond if his father transitioned to a woman (he would support him, Rock said), made his clear 91裸聊视频淪elective Outrage91裸聊视频� was not going to be just a Will Smith show. Only occasionally did Rock91裸聊视频檚 material dovetail with the 2022 Oscars, like it did when Rock joked about the oddity of Snoop Dogg becoming such a venerated pitch man for advertisers.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not dissing Snoop,91裸聊视频� said Rock. 91裸聊视频淭he last thing I need is another mad rapper.91裸聊视频�
But an hour into his set, Rock closed the special with a torrent of material about the infamous Academy Awards moment.
91裸聊视频淵ou all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody knows,91裸聊视频� Rock said. 91裸聊视频淚t still hurts. I got `Summertime91裸聊视频� ringing in my ears.91裸聊视频�
While Smith has apologized and repeatedly spoken about the incident since last March, Rock has avoided all the usual platforms where celebrities often go to air their feelings. He never sat down with Oprah Winfrey, and turned away the many media outlets that would have loved to land an exclusive in-depth interview.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 a not a victim, baby,91裸聊视频� said Rock. 91裸聊视频淵ou will never see me on Oprah or Gale crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.91裸聊视频�
But Rock did use his encounter with Smith to shape and enliven his second stand-up special for Netflix. Some of his best material was on their physical differences.
91裸聊视频淲e are not the same size. This guy does movies with my shirt off,91裸聊视频� said Rock. 91裸聊视频淵ou will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If I91裸聊视频檓 in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淗e played Muhammed Ali,91裸聊视频� added Rock. 91裸聊视频淚 played Pookie in `New Jack City.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Ultimately, Rock suggested he was just caught in the crossfire in Smith91裸聊视频檚 relationship with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was a joke that Rock told about Pinkett Smith that prompted Smith to stride on stage and strike Rock. The comedian on Saturday referenced Pinkett Smith91裸聊视频檚 earlier confessions of having an 91裸聊视频渆ntanglement91裸聊视频� with another man while married.
91裸聊视频淚 did not have any entanglements,91裸聊视频� said Rock. 91裸聊视频淪he hurt him way more than he hurt me.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 love Will Smith,91裸聊视频� added Rock. 91裸聊视频淣ow I watch `Emancipation91裸聊视频� just to see him get whooped.91裸聊视频�
Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the crowd with one last zinger. Rock said the reason why he didn91裸聊视频檛 physically retaliate at the Oscars was because 91裸聊视频淚 got parents.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淎nd you know what my parents taught me?91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淒on91裸聊视频檛 fight in front of white people.91裸聊视频�
Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded live programming with, as host comedian Ronny Chieng said, 91裸聊视频渆very comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.91裸聊视频� Bono lent a opening introduction. Dana Carvey and David Spade hosted the after-show. Paul McCartney, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld and one of last year91裸聊视频檚 Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall guaranteed Rock91裸聊视频檚 set would cause Smith to smack his television set.
For much of the past year, Rock has been touring new material in a long string of performances as part of his Ego Death tour. The shows, which had been announced before the 2022 Oscars, have featured performances with Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart.
On the road, Rock has often worked in jokes and reflections on the slap. Rock first broke his public silence about the slap three nights after the Oscar ceremony, last year in Boston. 91裸聊视频淗ow was your weekend?91裸聊视频� he asked the crowd. He added that he was 91裸聊视频渟till kind of processing what happened.91裸聊视频�
After plenty of processing, Rock retook the cultural spotlight just a week before the March 12 Oscars, where the slap is sure to revisited by this year91裸聊视频檚 host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of last year91裸聊视频檚 events, Smith resigned his membership to the film academy. The academy board of governors banned Smith from the Oscars and all other academy events for a decade.
At the annual luncheon for nominees held last month, motion picture academy president Janet Yang voiced regret about how the incident was handled, calling the academy91裸聊视频檚 response 91裸聊视频渋nadequate.91裸聊视频� Bill Kramer, the academy91裸聊视频檚 chief executive, has said the academy has since instituted a crisis communications team to prepare for and more rapidly respond to the unexpected.
91裸聊视频淪elective Outrage91裸聊视频� is Rock91裸聊视频檚 second special for Netflix, following 201891裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淭amborine.91裸聊视频� They91裸聊视频檙e part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.
As new as the live 91裸聊视频淪elective Outrage91裸聊视频� was for Netflix, it was hard not to notice a few familiar things about it.
91裸聊视频淵ou91裸聊视频檝e got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,91裸聊视频� said Chieng. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e doing a comedy show on Saturday night 91裸聊视频� live. Genius.91裸聊视频�
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By Jake Coyle
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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