Netflix has planned to roll out unscripted series and stand-up specials and comedian Chris Rock’s live performance is one of them.
The comedian has become the first one who would perform live on the online streaming platform. This will be Rock’s second Netflix stand-up special following ‘Chris Rock: Tamborine’ in 2018.
The Emmy Award-winning comedian also appeared in the ‘Netflix Is a Joke’ comedy festival in early 2022 with Dave Chappelle. The livestreamed comedy special will air in 2023.
Rock, who was famously slapped in the face by actor Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars ceremony, has said he will discuss his reaction to the incident in the live Netflix set.
Smith-Rock fiasco
For those unversed with the entire ordeal, it occurred after Chris Rock, the award show presenter, started poking fun at Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett, and her alopecia. At the time, he branded her GI Jane 2, in response to her bald head, and simultaneously incited an enraged reaction by the actor who could be heard saying, on live television, “Keep my wife’s name out of your [expletive] mouth”.
