It will be a great big slap in the face for him," he said, nodding in the direction of the Sarkozy poster.
This occasioned a great slapping of thighs.
That said, the courtship of black culture by the Parisian avant-garde was an even greater slap in the face of the bourgeoisie and its values than a fist fight in the ring.
Scott Stevens, the Devils' captain, said: "He has a big slap shot and a great wrist shot, too.
"Katrina was a great reality slap.
He was walking stiffly now, moving his arms in great circles, slapping his thighs and torso to fend off the cold.
"He had the greatest head slap anyone could have.
A few years ago comic actors Nick Santa Maria and Will Ryan created the crazy characters: former vaudeville performers who can sing and dance, deliver one-liners with great ease and slap each other silly on cue.
"Tastes great," she said, slapping him a high five.
Newman gives one of his greatest performances in Slap Shot, and it's not hard to see why he relished the role.
