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 B次元官网网址渢ook that hit like Pacquiao.B次元官网网址�

The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed his first stand-up special since last yearB次元官网网址檚 Oscars. B次元官网网址淐hris Rock: Selective Outrage,B次元官网网址� streamed live from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, marked NetflixB次元官网网址檚 first foray into live streaming.

Rock, performing in all white and with a Prince medallion around his neck, immediately touched on last yearB次元官网网址檚 Oscars while riffing on B次元官网网址渨okeness,B次元官网网址� hypersensitivity and what he called B次元官网网址渟elective outrage.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淵ou never know who might get triggered,B次元官网网址� said Rock. B次元官网网址淎nybody who says words hurt hasnB次元官网网址檛 been punched in the face.B次元官网网址�

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 AmericaB次元官网网址檚 biggest addition: Attention.

B次元官网网址淲e used to want love, now we just want likes,B次元官网网址� said Rock.

Rock, who also riffed on how heB次元官网网址檇 respond if his father transitioned to a woman (he would support him, Rock said), made his clear B次元官网网址淪elective OutrageB次元官网网址� was not going to be just a Will Smith show. Only occasionally did RockB次元官网网址檚 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.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not dissing Snoop,B次元官网网址� said Rock. B次元官网网址淭he last thing I need is another mad rapper.B次元官网网址�

But an hour into his set, Rock closed the special with a torrent of material about the infamous Academy Awards moment.

B次元官网网址淵ou all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Suge Smith. Everybody knows,B次元官网网址� Rock said. B次元官网网址淚t still hurts. I got `SummertimeB次元官网网址� ringing in my ears.B次元官网网址�

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.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 a not a victim, baby,B次元官网网址� said Rock. B次元官网网址淵ou will never see me on Oprah or Gale crying. You will never see it. Never going to happen.B次元官网网址�

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.

B次元官网网址淲e are not the same size. This guy does movies with my shirt off,B次元官网网址� said Rock. B次元官网网址淵ou will never see me do a movie with my shirt off. If IB次元官网网址檓 in a movie getting open-heart surgery, I got on a sweater.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淗e played Muhammed Ali,B次元官网网址� added Rock. B次元官网网址淚 played Pookie in `New Jack City.B次元官网网址滲次元官网网址�

Ultimately, Rock suggested he was just caught in the crossfire in SmithB次元官网网址檚 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 SmithB次元官网网址檚 earlier confessions of having an B次元官网网址渆ntanglementB次元官网网址� with another man while married.

B次元官网网址淚 did not have any entanglements,B次元官网网址� said Rock. B次元官网网址淪he hurt him way more than he hurt me.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 love Will Smith,B次元官网网址� added Rock. B次元官网网址淣ow I watch `EmancipationB次元官网网址� just to see him get whooped.B次元官网网址�

Before dropping his microphone and holding his arms up triumphantly, Rock left the crowd with one last zinger. Rock said the reason why he didnB次元官网网址檛 physically retaliate at the Oscars was because B次元官网网址淚 got parents.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淎nd you know what my parents taught me?B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淒onB次元官网网址檛 fight in front of white people.B次元官网网址�

Netflix added pre- and post-show bookends of star-studded live programming with, as host comedian Ronny Chieng said, B次元官网网址渆very comedy legend who owes Netflix a favor.B次元官网网址� 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 yearB次元官网网址檚 Oscar hosts, Wanda Sykes, all added pre-taped messages. Arsenio Hall guaranteed RockB次元官网网址檚 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. B次元官网网址淗ow was your weekend?B次元官网网址� he asked the crowd. He added that he was B次元官网网址渟till kind of processing what happened.B次元官网网址�

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 yearB次元官网网址檚 host, Jimmy Kimmel. In the aftermath of last yearB次元官网网址檚 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 academyB次元官网网址檚 response B次元官网网址渋nadequate.B次元官网网址� Bill Kramer, the academyB次元官网网址檚 chief executive, has said the academy has since instituted a crisis communications team to prepare for and more rapidly respond to the unexpected.

B次元官网网址淪elective OutrageB次元官网网址� is RockB次元官网网址檚 second special for Netflix, following 2018B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淭amborine.B次元官网网址� TheyB次元官网网址檙e part of a two-special $40 million deal Rock signed with the streamer in 2016.

As new as the live B次元官网网址淪elective OutrageB次元官网网址� was for Netflix, it was hard not to notice a few familiar things about it.

B次元官网网址淵ouB次元官网网址檝e got to give it to the tech companies for inventing something that existed for decades,B次元官网网址� said Chieng. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e doing a comedy show on Saturday night B次元官网网址� live. Genius.B次元官网网址�

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By Jake Coyle

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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