Chris Rock to carry out on stay Netflix comedy particular

For some time, Netflix was the one main streaming recreation on the town, however they’ve seen some main competitors lately. So as to keep aggressive, Netflix is trying to break into streaming stay programming, and its first try will probably be a Chris Rock comedy particular.

Netflix introduced {that a} new comedy particular from Chris Rock will stream stay in early 2023. “Chris Rock is among the most iconic and essential comedic voices of our technology,” Robbie Praw, Netflix’s vp stand-up and comedy codecs, mentioned in a press release. “We’re thrilled the complete world will have the ability to expertise a stay Chris Rock comedy occasion and be part of Netflix historical past. This will probably be an unforgettable second and we’re so honored that Chris is carrying this torch.” Ought to the stay comedy particular be successful, it might pave the way in which for Netflix is experiment with stay actuality tv and sporting occasions. It’s a courageous new live-streaming world. Chris Rock’s final comedy particular for Netflix was Chris Rock: Tamborine in 2018.

Chris Rock has been within the midst of his Ego Demise tour, and whereas he hasn’t spoken an excessive amount of concerning the Slap Heard Across the World, he has teased that he’ll deal with it on Netflix. “Folks count on me to speak concerning the bullshit, I’m not going to speak about it proper now, I’ll get to it will definitely, on Netflix,” he mentioned.

In the event you want a refresher concerning the slap controversy, Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head (on account of alopecia) whereas presenting the award for Finest Documentary Characteristic on the Oscars. Will Smith then charged onto the stage and slapped Rock throughout the face. Visibly confused, Rock mentioned, “Will Smith simply smacked the shit out of me,” as Smith yelled for Rock to “hold my spouse’s identify out of your f**king mouth!” Shortly after, Will Smith gained the Finest Actor award for King Richard and tried to justify his actions by invoking his character’s intense loyalty to his household.