#DustinLanceBlack #EltonJohn #StephenSondheim #MelissaEtheridge #ugh Or shall I say, the nominees and winners.Įxcept this guy, because I can’t even get into that. And none of the major above-the-line talents on the latter above were even LGBT (why would they be?) – only the subject matter.īut back to the show. Well, I’m still p.o.’d Crash beat Brokeback Mountain for best picture 10 years ago so I suppose I get it. It’s more – we like you Rhonda, but you’re not a Kappa.Īnd oy vey, did Black Twitter did blow up over that one. Rock so eloquently put it in his opening monologue (and I’m paraphrasing): Because any of us who think the white, straight male patriarchy is just going to roll over and relinquish its power need only spend a bit more time monitoring the 2016 presidential election, the relationship between the White House and Congress or merely track the progress in replacing the late Antonin Scalia on the US Supreme Court for an answer. They’re too busy looking for a job, trying to keep the job they have or simply attempting to survive in an industry where baseline behavior often borderlines on the just slightly insane.Īgain, just an explanation – not an excuse. It’s just that they seldom work as a collective. See, it’s not like many people in Hollywood don’t get IT. Rock’s funnier produced segments – I think it was the moment we got to see Leslie Jones beating up a fake Leo DiCaprio and his bear in a mini- Revenant parody over the lack of roles for Black actresses which was followed by Tracy Morgan in drag as The Danish Girl munching down on a pastry and saying This is good Danish, Girl… ! This was right after I was laughing myself rather silly over one of Mr. I was talking to a friend online during a commercial break who was finding the show a mess. ![]() Expecting the worst – or the most dull – I got something… pretty good. ![]() Well, I don’t know about you but I needed a few good laughs and some decent movie moments this weekend. Despite all the hate tweets and humorless prigs who can find no laughs in an iconic internationally watched awards ceremony honoring the arts that is, at it’s worst, laughable. ![]() On the other hand, we’ve seen worse….A LOT worse.
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