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When we woke up this morning, Gothamist hoped last night's Oscars were only a dream. Because the idea that Crash won still hurts our head so much that we haven't been able to really read all the nitty-gritty (because we know our eyes will start bleeding) - we can't believe we frigging liveblogged that shondah! Forget conspiracy theories about Jack Palance being wacked out and mistakenly reading Marisa Tomei's name as Best Supporting Actress in 1992 (maybe over Judy Davis) - this will bet he conspiracy theory to talk about for ages. Or maybe everyone in Hollywood really does love Don Cheadle, even though he wasn't allowed a producer credit at the Oscars. We don't know - and just to spite you, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Gothamist will be attempting to only watch movies on DVD whenever possible - screw you and your horrible voting tactics. But we'll see you next year, with clenched teeth, some ibuprofen and a hotline to our shrink.
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The best thing about the Oscar is all the spoof videos. Here's a hilarious one that claims to prove that Terrence Howard is gay.
Here's the link
The best thing about the Oscar is all the spoof videos. Here's a hilarious one that claims to prove that Terrence Howard is gay.
Here's the link
Don Knotts was blacklisted from the dead celebrity montage. Sid Gannis has some explaining to do.
What's the deal with the orange guy?
joe: will ferrell and martin scorcese were giving out the best makeup award in this photo.
Don Knotts was blacklisted from the dead celebrity montage.
The cut-off date was February 1st. Presumably, Knotts will be honored next year.
Still spinning from that. But even with Crash winning, at least the Three Six Mafia showed us that the world is still as good as its pimp anthem.
Scorsese? WOW ... either you're joking or you're blind.
Not a single win for Munich, bastards!
The Academy has finally written its irrelevance in stone with this one. “Crash” for Best Picture and (more insultingly) Best Screenplay? Thankfully, I didn’t tune into the show at all, because I was pretty sure that voters were once again going to prove how out-dated they are. Sure enough, they shied away from a truly raw touching movie because it showed gay guys kissing (ewww!) and instead went for the schmaltziest piece of drivel since Patch Adams.
When I saw “Crash” back in June in New York (where we really know what race relations are about), the vast majority of the theatre was laughing out loud for a good portion of the movie. I remember turning to my friend and saying, “We all know this movie sucks, but I guarantee the rest of America is going to love it and it’ll win all the awards.” Crash wasn’t fooling anyone from places with actual racial mixing—the people that embraced this film as saying something “new” or “important” were those who can count the number of black people they’ve met on 1 hand.
I laugh when I hear people say that we in NYC know what race relations are all about...
We know about the most sophisticated ways to hide our racist tendencies while trumpeting our diversity because we know how to sit on a crowded subway with someone who doesn't look like us or we know a few non-American born people. Come on. New York is reflective of the superficial integration that exists across much of America where people can run away to their enclaves of work and social networks that often look (and act) just like they do. I've seen real diversity and most of NYC lack it.
Do you really invite people into your world, into your lives, who challenge your assumptions about the way the world works - and expose your own biases in a way that provokes discomfort or even change?
Crash was not just about racism, but about the same sort of intolerance that was reflected in Brokeback Mountain. The difference is that Crash showed the devil to be in each of us, with the responsibility for goodness residing in the same place. I don't think that either movie was particularly groundbreaking, but it's Hollywood so I don't expect much.
Mike, the Academy didn't "shy away" from Brokeback Mountain because it is about two gay cowboys. They didn't vote for it because frankly, in Hollywood, gays are old news. The liberal elite will always have a soft spot for good old fashioned liberal guilt as it is embodied in race relations. That Brokeback Mountain actually did have mainstream appeal and did quite well at the box office was one reason so many handicappers were making it the frontrunner. Any backlash to Brokeback Mountain was limited to very few extremists desperates to be heard and of course, they were indulged by 24 news channels in search of ratings.
Points well-taken... doesn't change the fact that "Crash" royally sucked.
I agree with King Kong. It's not like New York is that schooled in race relations. Sure we've got a lot of different people, but no one is truly together. After we all get stuck together, many people easily escape into the homgenous enclaves they call home. It's ghettoization in the sense of seperation by race and class and place in society, although it's only called that when the poor/people of color/poor people of color are involved. They, of course, have no say in the matter. (And, on a side note, may I remind everybody that just because you graduated and moved to Harlem does not mean that you truly understand blackness. Just wanted to re-establish that.)
We've got a whole lot of prejudice in us over here, it just manifests itself in a different way than it does in L.A.
also to be added to next year's 'In Memoriam':
Jack Wild
Dennis Weaver