My first thought after witnessing the iconic movie star Will Smith walk on the stage and slap comic legend Chris Rock at the Oscars on Sunday night was that this was some kind of planned stunt — the kind of “SNL”-inspired skit designed to juice up a show whose lag in cultural relevancy has been much discussed.

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