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Netflix debuts livestreaming with Chris Rock special

Near the end of his Netflix stand-up special, Selective Outrage, Chris Rock got to the point by addressing the now-infamous slap, when Will Smith attacked the comedian live on stage at last year’s Oscars ceremony over a crass joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. It was one of those unscripted moments that only live television can deliver, for good or ill.