No way was that real. The slo-mo video put the lie to the whole narrative. It was clear Rock knew exactly what was coming, as he braced himself for the coming “hollywood slap,” a la the Three Stooges. That “slap” only minimally made any contact with Rock’s face. But the whole incident sure got the trending-on-Twitter effect the producers wanted.
Remember, folks... these are actors... doing an acting bit... that’s all it was.
I’m with you - fake. One man approaching another man - one he knows - the normal response is to stick out a hand for a handshake. It’s not to keep both hands clasped behind the back.
I’m with you - fake. One man approaching another man - one he knows - the normal response is to stick out a hand for a handshake. It’s not to keep both hands clasped behind the back.
It could be real if Rock is in fact sleeping with Smith’s wife.
In high school I was involved in forensics, One Act, the school plays, etc. One year my friend and I were given the Edward Albee play The Zoo Story.
Peter gets slapped around a bit in that story and I was Peter. As we acted it out the air slapping by Jerry that most people do seemed just too lame. Far too unrealistic, there was no life in the play. People werent engaged, it was just a play.
My friend didnt wasnt familiar with slap fighting, he wasnt a particularly physical sort. I showed him "the trick". I showed him how to cup his hand and taught him to keep his wrist loose so he could actually slap me as hard as he wanted. Any degree of pain experienced is actually on the slapper not the slapee when done correctly. By the time of our final performance he could deliver blows to my face that sounded like he was splitting flesh and I didnt really feel any of it.
That got people to pay attention, that drew them in to the "real" event going on in front of them. When we went to state that year the judges had already watched at least a dozen lame performances of "The Zoo Story" when it was our turn. I could see the judges and I think they nearly pissed themselves when he hauled off and started actually slapping me.
After performances people would comment that they couldnt believe that I endured that just for a play. I didnt endure anything, my friend "Jerry" did.
If you listen and dont watch youll note that there is no sting in the slap, its muffled. There is a still photo that the media is passing around this morning of Will pulling his hand away with Chris still in the cringe position and Wills hand is still partially cupped "the right way". It sounds and looks like Will caught the collar of the jacket, possibly intentionally, and delivered the type of slap that we used to do.
It was real. Will Smith used a movie slap as not to really destroy him. Chris Rock’s reaction after was real and flustered. It happened. Not EVERYTHING IS A CONSPIRACY. It was horrible