2021's Oscar Nominees

Yeah, reminded me a bit of Kirk Douglas' final appearance. I understand why they want to pay tribute to living legends, but live TV is a tough setting.

utterly dreading the next week of think pieces on this slap, race, masculinity, cancel culture, comedy... think I'll have to pay more attention to war news, it's less draining.

that was a weird dose of REAL into a hollywood show, holy shit

Hilarious to me that with the multiple somber references to "all the violence going on in the world today", the only references to the actual unhinged violence that took place were a couple winking little 'aint he a stinker' headpats. "We cannot allow a madman to perpetrate acts of irrational aggression and be allowed to get away with it just because he's wealthy and powerful, therefore the world turns a blind eye. And also, congratulations to my friend Will for his radical act of love tonight."

Dying at this photo from the Vanity Fair #Oscars viewing party…. pic.twitter.com/YAvcr2KN6O

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 28, 2022

I don't know kind of seems like Will Smith isn't actually doing okay and neither is anyone else really so maybe this is capturing the national mood

— Molly Lambert 🦔 (@mollylambert) March 28, 2022

The we are not okay/Trump normalized it! takes are worse than the (very funny) slap.

Gotta think that Questlove must be really stoked right now that the Oscar win for his inspirational film about reclaiming positive images of black identity is now forever linked with a live TV kindergarten slap fight

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FO58BNeVUAE0fw0?format=jpg

Perspective, people:

Let me tell you something, it’s a very bad practice to walk up on stage and physically assault a Comedian.
Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) March 28, 2022

a tale as old as time.... pic.twitter.com/OX0lsfU7nX

— matt🦆 (@MattDuckEmoji) March 28, 2022

Is this tosser drunk or what?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FO6KGCEXwAQhCF0?format=jpg

Maybe that was Will Smith’s homage to William Hurt

— Jason Narducy (@SplitSingleband) March 28, 2022

seeing the uncensored Japanese footage - props to Chris Rock's ability to recover/"professionalism" whatever, how do you not just stand there dumbfounded and confused for five minutes

number of people that beat the shit out of seth macfarlane during his oscar hosting still sits at a comfortable zero.

Still, what a shitty thing to joke about though.

Obviously what Fresh Prince did is inexcusable but it's pretty lame how every celebrity event has turned into a roast.

this didn't appear to be staged, it wasn't a hard hit, but it was inexcusable and if Smith wins an award later they should frankly withhold it. Will Smith and his wife are fucking nutsos

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Come on this was funny.

That's why he got sent to Bel-Air in the first place. Shit like that.

— Zito (@_Zeets) March 28, 2022

The will smith slap is one of those moments where it’s an absolute tragedy we no longer get to see trump’s posts

— David Sitrick (@davidsitrick) March 28, 2022

The only hot take needed on the Oscars pic.twitter.com/6PAX7kXLUa

— Precious Adesina (@precadesina) March 28, 2022

^Yeah, that’s a good take, though my favorite take was “thanks, Will Smith, for initiating two weeks of think pieces about that slap”

Chris Rock, what's on your iPod?

William, It Was Really Nothing

So, is CODA any good? One of my best friends is the only hearing person in her family and I was tetchy about seeing the movie because nothing could compare to my friend’s own anecdotes

it’s hard for me to say it sucks hard bc it is barely anything at all. the choir teacher scenes are unendurable tho

I thought it was entirely without any artistic merit, but I'm kind of insufferable that way.

xp agree with BN that the choir teacher is probably the worst cliche in a movie filled with them

It’s pleasant, watchable, and entirely unmemorable.

With Will Smith's #Oscars win last night, he now becomes the 17th actor from the 74th Oscar acting class to win an Oscar.

2001 has the highest winning percentage in at least the last 30 years.

Only three nominees remain Oscarless: Tom Wilkinson, Ethan Hawke, & Ian McKellen. pic.twitter.com/AtfuTahB5v

— Nicol 🌸 (@nikowl) March 28, 2022

Oof, remembering what Sean Penn was nominated for that year...

Hawke’s time will come

the performances from the deaf actors elevate it more than it probably deserves to be elevated. i liked richard brody's take on it (tho i liked the movie more than him) where the characters in the film overcome obstacles so easily that it makes you think of how much harder existence can be for disabled people in the real world

xp, that's interesting, i think 2001 is probably the first year i was aware of the oscars happening. i think i can credit/blame that to my entertainment weekly subscription and the involvement of the lord of the rings.

This is why we say “the Scottish play”.

— steven pasquale (@StevePasquale) March 28, 2022

17th actor from the 74th Oscar acting class

Sorry, I'm terrible with numbers and even worse with awards shows. What's this mean?

i think it refers to everyone who was nominated in every acting category in that year's oscars, 5 each from 4 categories

It turns out it was staged. I've reverse Google image searched him and the guy who punched Chris Rock is a professional actor.

— Sridhar Ramesh (@RadishHarmers) March 28, 2022

I know Campion won best director, but 1 win from 12 nominations is a pretty g-d huge collapse for Power of the Dog (and Netflix).

As someone with hearing problems, have zero interest in seeing Coda, which sounds like the Guess Who's Coming To Dinner for deaf people

As the saying goes, can't win 'em all. This was an Oscar year for going the easy route, pretty much from top to bottom.

fwiw, i thought kotsur was genuinely great

I didn't, but I didn't really have a rooting interest in that category either.

i saw coda without the subtitles on and i don't think i missed anything

Let's see if Kotsur is cast in roles intended for actors who can hear.

My niece is learning ASL and my coda friend said that fluency in it means guaranteed employment for the rest of one’s life, interpreters are in high demand always

the film did reinforce my desire to learn asl

Coda, which sounds like the Guess Who's Coming To Dinner for deaf people

Confused swirl of "These Eyes" and "American Woman" going though my head as I skimmed this post.

haha

we warched coda last night & it felt like an extended “very special episode” of Degrassi Junior High

like, not as a takedown bc i did love Degrassi… but it was just so much more slight & clichéd than i expected. i love the scene where she sings for her dad, and sings & signs for her family, and i love marlee matlin always. but overall it was just kinda there & sort of bland. it felt more like The Fault in Our Stars or something

the arguable climax of "drive my car" is entirely in sign language, just give the dang oscar to "drive my car"!

ppl who know sign language have legitimate complaints about drive my car