In fact, watching it again the video doesnt show what you claim. Bending the fingers backward during the slap would cause injury to the face but if you catch the video at round 2 seconds as the hand comes off of Chris’s face then you will see that its cupped. The flattening backward bending doesnt occur until afterwards.
that is not what i see at all- his fingers, as stated, are ebent backwards, and he quickly pivots his hand forward as it comes of his face- again, typical hollywood slap- with hte fingers angled backwards, it owudl not cause injury to his face- that is hte whole point of angling them backwards to keep from striking with rigid hand/fingers- the fingers are angled away from the face- not at the face- as a direct slap woudl do-
I do,know,what you mean about the cupped hand slap though. We used to go around “cuffing someone upside the head” when they said something g dopey, and it was in fun and didn’t hurt.