Slapstick

When comedy goes wrong

Photo by Christopher Polk for Variety

Is this real?

I woke up to a nightmare. I fell asleep with hopes of Will Smith winning the Oscar for best actor in the role of Richard Williams in the movie King Richard. The film portrays the early lives of Venus and Serena Williams and their father’s success in preparing them to become tennis legends. Smith won the Oscar to join an illustrious group of Black men who paved the way for…