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Where Does Will Smith vs. Chris Rock Rank on the Best Slaps of All Time List?
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Everybody’s talking about this Will Smith vs. Chris Rock thing. It’s the slap heard ’round the world! All of the blue checkmarks immediately went to Twitter to offer their takes. The scribes are working on 10,000-word think pieces. The local news stations are canvassing the region for Alopecia experts in an effort to “localize” the story.
At Crossing Broad, we’re asking the important questions. Where does this slap rank on the best slaps of all time list? What other slaps should be under consideration? With the help of readers, we’ve put together a list of slaps for consideration. Let’s come up with a Mount Rushmore of slaps. 610-632-0975 if you wanna get in.
Will Smith vs. Chris Rock
From the 2022 Academy Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=difb3hmVnog
Cher vs. Nicholas Cage
From the 1987 film Moonstruck:
Rick James vs. Charlie Murphy
From Chappelle’s Show. What did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP.
Juwan Howard vs. Wisconsin coach
From a few weeks ago:
How can she slap?
From whatever the hell this is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndX2RFHmMNg
Mrs. Kintner vs. Chief Brody
From the 1975 film Jaws:
The 2015 NBC Miniseries “The Slap”
From 2015:
Everybody in The Office slapping each other
From The Office:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e811DxKNxM8
Bernie Mac vs. everyone
From the 2003 film Head of State:
Slapping an unruly flight passenger
From the 1980 film Airplane:
Slappin’ da bass
From the 2009 film I Love You, Man:
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
From WWE:
Don Corleone vs. Johnny Fontane
From The Godfather. You can act like a man! What’s the matter with you!?
Ted Danson vs. Shelley Long
From Cheers. For all of you Zoomers out there, Cheers was a television show.
There are many good slaps in cinema history. We could have put myriad Bond films on the list. Sean Connery would very easily get cancelled if Goldfinger came out today, instead of the 1960s. Actually, most of these scenes would be considered problematic in 2022, but we’ll leave it to you, the reader to decide on that. Let’s pare down this list and come up with a top five. Top five slaps.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com