Is one of the most famous memes going to have to take their clicks and slaps? If Will Smith’s slap in the face of comedian Chris Rock during the 94th Oscars ceremony shocked the cream of the cinema, it especially made the happiness of social networks. Internet users have had a field day in the diversions, even if it means replacing one of the totems of LOL culture: the famous Batman meme slapping Robin.
Will Smith vs Batman
The comparison is almost perfect. Batman’s slap on Robin and Will Smith’s slap on Chris Rock are so similar that it won’t take long for the internet to celebrate the similarities. For the record, the famous Batman and Robin meme comes from one of the comics “World’s Finest #153”, released in 1965. The earliest known parody of this image is from 2008, when the speech bubble text is changed to have Robin ask Batman what his parents got him for Christmas. Batman responds with a slap while shouting “My parents are dead!” Since then, the meme has been taken up en masse… Until Will Smith’s slap, real this one, steals the show.
Will Smith v Ukraine
Some also took advantage of this moment of uninhibited brutality to recall the violence of international news: Will Smith is thus compared to Russia, attacking a Chris Rock who has become Ukraine. “I knew it sounded familiar”comments the person at the origin of this analogy.
Will Smith vs gas bill
Internet culture obliges, memes make it possible to associate everything and anything. The occasion was too good not to mention the staggering gas prices. With soaring prices, the cost of gas explodes for consumers, who could have the impression of being slapped by their bills.
Will Smith v Macron
More Franco-French, another Twitter user compares the slap of the Hollywood star to that received by President Emmanuel Macron in June 2021 during a trip to Drôme. A man attacked him while chanting a royalist slogan, “Montjoy! St Denis ! Down with Macronie!” If the activist was sentenced to four months in prison for physically attacking the head of state, Will Smith, he should get away with a simple apology, Chris Rock not having wanted to file a complaint .
Will Smith vs. Will Smith
A surfer also likes to draw a parallel with one of Will Smith’s most famous films: Men in Black, in which the actor plays Agent J, who fights against aliens. In this science fiction film, Will Smith uses a Neurolaser, a sort of flash that causes memory loss when viewed, to make the human population forget about the alien attacks.
In short, shocking all-Hollywood, Will Smith’s slap in the face shouldn’t be soon forgotten. Unless…