ICYMI - “The Slap” Is a Trap
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
On Sunday night, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars live broadcast after Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith. As soon as the internet figured out the slap wasn’t a bit, Twitter was deluged with takes. On today’s episode, Madison and Rachelle discourse about the discourse, discussing the neverending online take machine, how media narratives are shaped, and why we were all wondering if the slap was even real.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Tim Heidecker, you know me, Tim and Eric Bridesmaids, and Fantastic Four. |
| 0:05.0 | I'd like to personally invite you to listen to Office Hours Live with me and my co-hosts DJ Doug Pound. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello. |
| 0:12.0 | And Vic Berger. |
| 0:13.0 | Howdy. |
| 0:14.0 | Every week we bring you laugh fun games and lots of other surprises. |
| 0:16.0 | It's live. |
| 0:17.0 | We take your Zoom calls. |
| 0:18.0 | We love having fun. |
| 0:19.0 | Excuse me. |
| 0:20.0 | That song's... |
| 0:21.0 | Vic said something. |
| 0:22.0 | You said music. |
| 0:23.0 | I like having fun. |
| 0:24.0 | I like to laugh. |
| 0:26.0 | I like to meet people who can make me laugh. |
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| 0:31.0 | No. |
| 0:38.0 | Wow! |
| 0:40.0 | We'll Smith to smack the shit out of it. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I'm Madison Malone, Courtshire. |
| 0:47.0 | And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to ICYMIME. |
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