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NBC's The Slap

NBC's The Slap poster
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United States

How it feels

A man slaps a misbehaving child at a backyard birthday party. The incident fractures relationships among the guests and each episode shows the fallout from one person's point of view.

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What happens

The Slap is an American drama television miniseries, which aired on NBC from February 12 to April 2, 2015. It is an American adaptation of the Australian series of the same name, which was based on Christos Tsiolkas' 2008 novel of the same name. Each episode tells the events of the aftermath of a birthday party from the perspective of a different character. Jon Robin Baitz wrote the teleplay and Lisa Cholodenko directed the pilot episode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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