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    VelocirapstarWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 8:06pm

    3 things I learned from this article -

    1) Steve McQueen is British? His American accent is flawless.

    2) Steve McQueen is black!? He does a great job at ‘passing’...

    3) There are two famous Steve McQueens. That makes more sense.

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      Carioca LDNVelocirapstar
      2/23/18 9:09pm

      Wow, it’s finally happened! I’ve read a comment by Velocirapstar that I’m actually not compelled to upvote. I feel like I’ve just watched my favourite motivational speaker try to tell an unfunny knock-knock joke ...

      (Still luv ya, Velocirapstar!)

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      Two Fucks for BelaVelocirapstar
      2/23/18 9:23pm

      “Fun” fact: there is a song called Steve McQueen and Fries. I don’t know who it’s by, but I know it exists.

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    Atomic-BlackadderWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 8:41pm

    Although it was an enjoyable moment, I do feel for Barry Jenkins. Moonlight winning (without interruption) should have been a defining moment at the Oscars, now its been reduced to a punchline. I still love that movie and I’m sad its win didn’t have a major effect on the Hollywood awards process. 

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      StegreloAtomic-Blackadder
      2/23/18 8:48pm

      Honestly, I don’t think Moonlight is the film that became the punchline. Just look for how many “the winner is...La La Land!” jokes are made at this year’s Oscars.

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      Dr. LawyerAtomic-Blackadder
      2/23/18 9:40pm

      I didn’t watch the Oscars, or either nominated movie, so maybe there’s something I’m not getting, but why should the envelope mix-up take anything away from his moment? Instead of the elation of winning, he got to be briefly disappointed, then the elation comes a few minutes later. Plus it gets so much more attention and is such a defining moment in a way it never would have been had the ceremony gone on as normal. I’d get it if people thought La La Land had really won, or something, but no one thought that.

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    Le_GarconWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 9:35pm

    Every time I’m reminded that Do The Right Thing didn’t win Best Director and Picture, I’m re-infuriated. It’s a masterwork, and it’s going to be remembered at least as long (and more favorably) than everything else it was up against in 1989 and the 2-3 years around it.

    edit: Fuck, and then I check and it didn’t even get fucking nominated. The Academy is still fucked up, but I can’t imagine that type of travesty happening today.

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      more like dim buttsmeller amiriteLe_Garcon
      2/23/18 10:29pm

      Oy, looked it up and saw that Rain Man cleaned up that year. The Oscars aren’t as fucking stupid as the Grammys, but sometimes they come close.

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      Cooplandermore like dim buttsmeller amirite
      2/23/18 10:38pm

      No, Do the Right Thing was released in 1989 and was eligible for the 1990 Academy Awards, which was dominated by Driving Miss Daisy... which is actually a lot worse in retrospect.

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    sharpmathWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 8:39pm
    “I wasn’t sure that thing was mine or who it belonged to because of how everything happened,” Jenkins said recently. “And it made 2017 a very long year.”

    So, just to be clear, you won, you obviously won, the error of you not winning was corrected practically immediately but you spent 2017 not sure who it belonged to and it ruined your year? Jesus fucking christ this is the biggest whine I’ve ever seen.

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      recognitionssharpmath
      2/23/18 9:24pm

      I mean, let’s maybe think issues of being black making a movie about black gay men factor into this and combine to make it pretty easy for him to question how legitimate the Oscars took him and how unfair it is that everyone else who won got to have their moment when he only got a few confused seconds before the credits rolled. Is it the worst thing in the world, no, but it should have been a triumphant moment not just for him but for a lot of people like him, and straight white people fucked that up as they’ve fucked up so many other things.

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      cleanpeopleshouldgetsomefuckingperspectivesharpmath
      2/23/18 9:55pm

      There were covers of Jenkins and Chazelle on a lot of magazines, definitely visually selling the idea that they were co-winners or something. The win never gets talked about without La La Land getting talked about too. The mix up really continues to dominate what the Moonlight win means.

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    Bammon TaylorWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 8:17pm

    I think we were all convinced that OF COURSE La La Land did actually win because there’s nothing the Academy loves more than a movie that can’t shut up about how fucking great show business is.

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      EskarBammon Taylor
      2/23/18 10:11pm

      While we’re on the subject: Chicago SUCKS.

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      Kirk Cameron Left Me BehindEskar
      2/24/18 12:22pm

      [PETER CETERA VERBALLY VOWS REVENGE]

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    StegreloWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 8:47pm

    This sounds very dramatic to me. He’s never going to get the opportunity to enjoy winning the Oscar? Except for when he did win one for his screenplay either the same night.

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      EskarStegrelo
      2/23/18 10:29pm

      Without looking: what films won best screenplay (original or adapted) for any year you can think of? Can you name one? Maybe. Can you name five? Doubtful. Have you ever had a debate years later over a best screenplay win, and how it undeservedly robbed another screenplay of the rightful win? I haven’t.

      Best picture is Oscar glory. Outside of performance wins, it’s all people remember. It means a lot to some filmmakers. That Barry Jenkins’ moment was lost forever by way of incompetence and not malevolence is little consolation in my opinion. If that happened to me, I might feel like someone kicked me in the ass on the way to the stage. Other category wins are just trivia to be researched on Wikipedia. People even remember Best Picture LOSERS! So, the silver lining is that in 25 years, everyone is going to remember that “La La Land” lost Best Picture to “Moonlight.”

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      EvilbutDiseaseFreeEskar
      2/23/18 11:14pm

      Good Will Hunting

      Juno

      The Social Network

      Pgymalian (Making George Bernard Shaw the only person to have one an Oscar and nobel prize)

      Milk.

      No I didn’t look any of these up. I use to REALLY like the Oscars. What do I win?

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    Subtitles777William Hughes
    2/23/18 8:30pm

    Barry should embrace it, because them screwing up his win is by far the most memorable thing about Moonlight.

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      egghogSubtitles777
      2/23/18 10:23pm

      Last year was a weak group of nominees overall. Moonlight was fine enough and arguably the strongest of that group, but would have not stood out much from most of this year’s best picture noms.

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    MrMindGameWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 11:12pm

    I mean, I don’t blame him. Instead of getting to enjoy the victory properly, he had to witness the La La Land team’s moment in the sun turn to ash and then have to somehow be grateful in the act of ruining their night in front of millions of people at the same time. It was unfair and probably highly uncomfortable for everyone involved and no one should have to win Best Picture like that. The Academy really fucked up, no two ways about it.

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    jonnieboyagainWilliam Hughes
    2/24/18 8:41am

    Reading all the comments below reminds me how quick people can be to say you’re wrong when you’re talking about your feelings.

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    SevenZarkSevenWilliam Hughes
    2/23/18 10:44pm

    He’s right to be pissed off about that whole fuck-up at the Oscars. The producers of La La Land got to take their unearned victory lap before the mistake was noticed. Someone knew who the winner really was, and they should have signaled anyone at the stage the second the wrong name was announced.

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