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The Slap Heard Around The World SWEIR talks to Canadian Comedians about it  You Tube got it right. Only hours after Sunday night’s Oscars Award Ceremony ended the short message and video issued about Will Smith and Chris Rock’s Brouhaha was tagged as The Slap Heard Around World and it had done just that. Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars after he had joked about Smith's wife, Jada-Pinkett Smith and her lack of hair. Four days have since passed and the story just hasn’t gone hasn’t away. Smith is getting applause mostly from Americans men for lightly slapping Fox for making fun of Jada’s hair loss issues with Alopecia. But more are praising Chris Rock for taking it like a man, because he made the wise crack as part of the jokes that the Oscar organizers had paid him to drop on the global audience taking in the Battle Royale. So how did Canadians react to the Slap Around the World? Drake was apparently in a Hollywood nightclub and one of his crew posted...

Marc Trinidad getting ready for the day he can get back on stage Just ask Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle who the best Caribbean Canadian comic they have worked with is and the answer will be the same, Marc Trinidad.   Be it on stage, radio, or on live TV, Trinidad is our standup man! True to his sir name Marc Trinidad was indeed born and raised in Trinidad, but now Barrie is where he calls home. After working theatre and sketch comedy in T&T for a number of years he decided to come to Canada to gain some international exposure.  He has lived and worked in the “Great White North” for over 20-years and has carved out a stand-up career that has him in constant demand wherever English is spoken! With nightclubs closed and comedy festivals on hold, Trinidad, is hunkered down at home waiting out the virus shutdown. Over the weekend the standup man had a sit-down question and answer session with our Arts reporter Stephen Weir.  He also took a selfie for ...