“The Slap” Is a Trap

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3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 26 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. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Wow.
0:08.2	Will Smith just smack the shit out of it.
0:13.2	Hi, I'm Madison Malone Kircher.
0:15.3	And I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I see why I'm I.
0:18.5	In case you missed it.
0:20.3	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:22.6	Big weekend, Rachel, for the internet culture, big weekend.
0:25.5	I know, I know.
0:26.7	I finally got the orthopedic house slippers that I've been meaning to get for a year now.
0:31.6	Because, you know, my podiatrist said I shouldn't walk around without shoes on, but I didn't wear my
0:36.0	my burghinstocks in the house.
0:37.2	How did you know that's what happened?
0:39.2	That is exactly what I was talking about.
0:41.9	Your new orthotic slippers.
0:44.3	Yes.
0:45.1	They're very important.
0:46.5	The entire internet needs to know about it.
0:53.7	I'm obviously lying.
0:55.1	The Oscars did indeed have their big viral moment.
0:59.5	It was not what you or I guessed it would be last week on our show.
1:03.7	But instead it was the moment when now Academy Award winner, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage, just in the middle of the show.
1:12.2	Some might say Chris Rock got his shit rocked. A friend of mine on Twitter said he got
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