How Awards Shows Must Adapt in a Post-Slap World
Seven ways awards show can become relevant again
3 min readMar 31, 2022
Yes, Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars was deeply uncomfortable to watch and literal assault, but it was also very good for the movie business. The Academy Awards has been waning in relevance for many years now, and The Slap breathed new life into the whole affair. Not since the La La…