When this piece was first published on Monday, we had identified 29 distinct varieties of Slap reactions now it’s up to 82 - and we keep finding more.Īll of the opinions expressed below are solely the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of Intelligencer or its staff. Either way, you’ve come to the right place: We at Intelligencer are compiling the definitive guide to Slap takes. Or maybe you just want to marvel at the wide range of human reactions to one famous person smacking another famous person. Perhaps by now you’ve run through your initial viewpoints but still can’t find the motivation to talk to other people about anything else. Once it became clear that the incident was not staged, seemingly everyone felt compelled to form an opinion on it and to share their views with friends, family members, co-workers, social-media followers, their hairstylist, their dog walker, strangers in line at the grocery store, etc. It was the Slap that launched a thousand takes: At Sunday’s Oscars, Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head (she has alopecia), then her husband (and soon-to-be Best Actor winner) Will Smith ran onstage and slapped him. Photo: Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock
