Author Topic: Oscar (Read 693 times)

easymo · « **on:** March 25, 2002, 03:46:15 PM »

I'm suprised to see this one hasn't hit the board yet.

Apparently, there is same fuss about the race of a couple of the winners. When George C. Scott turned down the Oscar, he pointed out that it is just a popularity contest. I don't see any reason that black people cant be elected. In fact Hollywood seems to be way behind on this one. Black people are often very, popular in other walks of life.

I was amused by the tearful references to "Those that went before me" speech's made by black actors. It would be damn near impossible for white people to make this speech. There really is no such thing as "white people". The wops would be talking about Sinatra. The micks, Spencer Tracy. The jews, damn near everybody

. So forth down the line.

Hangtime · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:00:44 PM »

yah.. funny how that works. read a bit in the local paper about a hispanic guy putting up 1 million for latino scolorships. sez he wants to 'give back' after making it big. a lil research turned up he made school on an affirmitave action scolorship.. one of those guys that went to college on a scolarship with sat scores lower than mine... i got no tuition.. he did.

insteda puttin the money up in a program in which a guy could obtain scolorship based purely on need rather than color, he turns his back on the folks that gave him the chance in the first place, and further divides the races by sponsoring a race coded benifit program of his own.

wonder why this guy ain't labeled a racist? nope.. according to the paper the guys a hero.

i betcha if i got rich and put up a fund for white folks ONLY to go to school, blanking out needy applicants that were NOT of my race, i'd be labeled a racist inna heartbeat.

fediddlein sick assed society we got, ain't it?

Swoop · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:23:31 PM »

Think yourself lucky. Where I work I'm an ethnic minority.

Hangtime · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:29:44 PM »

yer breathing?

Eagler · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:36:01 PM »

it was another big pile of CA PC crap .... saw it on the news, did not watch. Training Day - best actor?

all those award shows seem to be turning into BS or me eyes are just gettin open with age

Swoop · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:45:43 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Hangtime
yer breathing?

Yes, but only dope smoke.

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2002, 04:50:15 PM »

Read this:

After the reality check of Sept. 11 and its sobering aftermath, many people looked at the glitterati of Hollywood and said, "Can you explain why the diddly any of us ever thought YOU were so important?"

AKIron · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2002, 05:05:06 PM »

For best actor I saw both Training Day and Beautiful Mind (only two real contenders my opinion), It was a toss up. Either one deserved it.

The ending of Training Day was weak but that didn't hinder Denzel's performance. He can play one mean son of a squeak.

CyranoAH · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2002, 05:22:41 PM »

He deserved the Oscar for so many previous roles that this one was only fair.

Daniel

easymo · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2002, 05:41:40 PM »

Sandman. Just when I want to give up on liberals all together. One of you guys show signs of wit, and intelligence. That was the funniest thing i have read in a long time.

Sandman · « **Reply #10 on:** March 25, 2002, 05:45:11 PM »

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Originally posted by CyranoAH
He deserved the Oscar for so many previous roles that this one was only fair.

Daniel

So many many memorable cop roles...

Virtuosity
Richochet
Bone Collector
The Siege
Training Day

Oh... were you talking about Malcolm X?

If the intent is to give awards for past performances why even bother with the pretense of nominating only this year's performances?

I watch to see if anyone will make a fool of themselves on national television. Almost thought I watched for nothing, and then Halle Berry won.

midnight Target · « **Reply #11 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:06:38 PM »

Well as some of you know, I have a mixed race family....and we about choked laughing at Halle Berry.

OTOH Sidney Poitier's speech was pretty good. He actually made a point to mention those people who gave him the opportunity to stand out, and they were all white. Not everyone in Hollyweird is out to lunch.

Gunthr · « **Reply #12 on:** March 25, 2002, 06:11:14 PM »

Oscar, smoshcar.

Travolta just bought an 84 million dollar jumbo jet for his own personal tooling around.

I wish I had taken acting lessons

Creamo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 25, 2002, 08:37:06 PM »

Halle Berry made history last night, not so much for being the first African-American woman to win an Oscar in the best actress category, but for freaking horribly, uncontrollably out and making the worst, most hysterically rambling, discomfiting and liquefied acceptance speech in Oscar's 74-year history, and I thought Julia Roberts was going to hold that title for a long time. I know it was a big deal for Halle, who claimed her award for All Black Women Everywhere Ever, but her acceptance tantrum had such an alarming cringe factor, I had to leave the room. When they tried to pry her off the stage, she made that screeching Bilbo Baggins monster addiction-face when he Wants the Ring. It was a heavy, strange, grand-mal meltdown. America squirmed.

Fantastic. I actually changed the channel during her speech I was cringing so bad, but had to switch back just to watch like those bad skateboard crash video's.

Washington knew he won after that debacle, but he is such a cool and calm guy, he get's it more for being 'the man' imo than winning for such a goofy gangster movie role. It wasn't no Raging Bull performance, but can't think of a better guy to win. Like the article said, Julia almost raped the guy, and he drug her off laughing as he should have.

easymo · « **Reply #14 on:** March 25, 2002, 10:23:24 PM »

I thought the tabloid, meat puppets take drugs, thing had been over played. Until I saw Julia, and Halle