The story of Will Smith’s Oscar night slap of Chris Rock has often elicited sympathy towards the comedian.
Publicly, over the past year, Rock has been widely portrayed as a victim who was humiliated by an out-of-order peer for a harmless bit.
But last Saturday, Rock emphatically flipped the script with his first lengthy public response on the incident.
Ever the perfectionist, the comedian played the long game, biding his time and ultimately creating a spectacle of the occasion with Netflix’s first-ever live entertainment special less than
