Colm O'Regan: 'It didn’t look like a fight to Irish people - for a start, Will Smith looked sober'

'I imagine comedians everywhere felt that slap.'
Colm O'Regan: 'It didn’t look like a fight to Irish people - for a start, Will Smith looked sober'

We can at least be thankful for one thing about #TheSlap: It took place after March 17. Had the Oscars been on in the first week of March, it would have been a float in St Patrick’s Day parades around the country.

The Small Town Parade Float That Does A Global News Story In A Trailer is often a howl but it’s not often noted for subtlety. During Trump’s rise to power there was a float somewhere with a wall, a Trump and a Mexican arguing. You knew the Mexican was Mexican because of the floppy moustache, sombrero and poncho. The looting of Lidl was recreated many times. 

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