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[ezekial45]

Sad sound of silence mash-ups already coming up

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRANqEZAgSV/

 

[Chumley]

He's mad and he has every right to be.

In the moment, sure, but Beatty wasn't the one who fucked up.

 

[Raptomex]

As soon as it happened I knew - a movie with white people, a movie with black people, a mistaken winner. This is going to be blown so out of proportion. I don't think there's a conspiracy. I think someone fucked up giving Beatty the card. He was then given the right card and showed it to the camera. That's it. If there is blame it's to the person who gave him the wrong card. And I think even that was just a mistake.

 

[kevin1025]

This almost makes up for Carol not even being nominated last year.

Almost.

I should really watch Carol, I've been meaning to for a while now.

 

[rekameohs]

Emma Stone

Emma Stone is pretty great

 

[Fjordson]

I liked both, but I'm glad Moonlight won.

Wish it hadn't been in such bizarre fashion, though. Feel bad for both camps.

 

[Haloid1177]

Moonlight deserved it. Excited to grab the Bluray of it Tuesday.

 

[RootCause]

Enjoyed the show. Too bad about the slip up. :/

 

[Einchy]

So, why the hell don't they tell the presenters who won right before they go present? It's not like they're going to spoil the surprise in the walk between the backstage and the mic.

 

[Blader]

So what happened? Why did the presenter say La La Land when the card itself said Moonlight? I mean, aren't you supposed to read what the card says, not what the envelope says?

They gave Beatty a duplicate of the Emma Stone/La La Land card from best actress. Which doesn't make sense as a best picture card, since Emma Stone is not representing the movie, hence Beatty's confusion.

 

[J_Viper]

#TrumpWasRight

I wonder how many aren't going to read the date on this

 

[Shizuka]

The event itself will outshine both LLL and Moonlight, unfortunately.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Fucking hell. That was a wild ride. I was pretty much like this when the whole thing happened:

Man, I'm happy Moonlight won but to see the cast and crew of La La Land celebrate and then have the Oscar taken away from them was heartbreaking. Massive fuckup.

I have to say I was quite surprised at how good Kimmel was as a host. I was expecting him to be rather bland.

 

[msdstc]

When Warren hands her the card he has a "this cant be righ, right?" look on his face and she just blarts out La La Land lol

Because it said emma stone which made no sense.

 

[Quick]

 

[Kaizer]

that bald guy was too angry towards Warren Beaty though,

like jeez, relax

Ehh, I can understand the confused mix of emotions/frustration in that moment - he handled it the best he could.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

If Warren wasn't damn near 80 he would have stole off on the producer for snatching that card like that.

 

[Nepenthe]

Should just say L L L

 

[NYR]

that bald guy was too angry towards Warren Beaty though,

like jeez, relax

Yeah! Not like his dream or anything was ruined live on TV in front of billions and within seconds of thinking he realized it, right? What a DICK.

/s

 

[the_firewithin]

Title change should have won best picture

 

[Staccat0]

He threw her under the bus.

She dove under the bus.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

I can't imagine anyone going SUCK IT MOONLIGHT if La La Land had won.

Plenty of can't wait for salt and suck it, haters talk towards those pulling for Moonlight, so what are you even going on about?

 

[Icolin]

I can't imagine anyone going SUCK IT MOONLIGHT if La La Land had won.

Two different situations.

On one hand, La La Land is the obvious mass market favourite which is easy to throw shots at and call masturbatory and overrated, whereas Moonlight is the underdog.

 

[Discotheque]

I have to say I was quite surprised at how good Kimmel was as a host. I was expecting him to be rather bland.

he's no chris rock. but lightyears more entertaining than the wack NPH or Ellen years.

should bring him back. he gives off a pretty relaxed vibe to the oscars.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

Looks like he knew something was wrong and was trying to get confirmation from Faye before bringing attention to the mess up, but she just went ahead and read it out straight away, probably because his stalling was awkward and she wanted to move things along.

Yea, it doesn't seem like he was trying to throw her under bus, just seemed like he was trying to show her why he wasn't announcing the winner, but she thought he was messing around and just probably quickly saw "lala land" and just went with it.

 

[Shizuka]

She dove under the bus.

Accurate.

 

[Bronx-Man]

The 89th Academy Awards |OT| Can La La Land win one for the land?

Beautiful.

 

[metalslimer]

To be fair Emma won her Oscar. Other people are likely devastated

 

[HIGH DEF JEFF]

Kimmel with the weird "you should keep it line". Why? They didnt win

 

[Langdon Alger]

Dat snatch.

 

[Chumley]

game theory time

 

[gutter_trash]

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The card snatch is a producer singlehandedly trying to regain focus and get a ship back on track.

Which is kinda what producers do.

You can see him trying to stop his crew from stomping off, trying to get the moonlight crew to come up and get those awards, and trying to make sure the audience understands what the fuck is actually happening, as fast as he can, all at the same time, on live television, while processing the fact he just lost Best Picture.

I'm not gonna begrudge him whipping the card out of Warren's hand.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Emma Stone is pretty great

She's a charmer, for sure.

 

[VaultBoy101]

Just announced: there was an error printing the card, the Best Picture winner is actually Hidden Figures.

 

[hawk2025]

Omg


Are we getting a new president too?

 

[Brinbe]

What? If anything Moonlight just got more attention than it ever did AND it won.

Whoever handed him that wrong card is in for some shit though.

 

[sc0la]

CNN has strike-through font on their front page rn 😂

 

[GraveRobberX]

THIS IS REAL LIFE


BLACK EXCELLENCE BABY

FUCK IT ALL

I fucking called it

My Black Card has been renewed lifetime •Huzzah•

 

[RootCause]

The event itself will outshine both LLL and Moonlight, unfortunately.

Sadly.

So, why the hell don't they tell the presenters who won right before they go present? It's not like they're going to spoil the surprise in the walk between the backstage and the mic.

I'm all for this.

 

[Afrocious]

https://twitter.com/caraNYT/status/836089648979947520

lol

So there's multiple copies of the winner cards or what?

 

[Korey]

...why the fuck did the presenters continue on when it clearly said EMMA STONE on it?

 

[Blader]

Is Faye Dunaway okay? She pretty much Instant Transmission'd out of the building once the screw up became apparent.

lmao

 

[Tanis]

The way that producer Jordan Horowitz took control and got the right winner out was pretty impressive. He immediately realised that no one was going to believe it wasn't a joke until they saw it in black in white on the card itself.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Kimmel with the weird "you should keep it line". Why? They didnt win

He felt bad or was trying to be nice. How do you react to that? It's unprecedented.

 

[Wensih]

The event itself will outshine both LLL and Moonlight, unfortunately.

Yes this is the most unfortunate part of this fiasco. Moonlight deserves it but they deserved the full time and speech allotted to the winners instead everyone was dumbstruck.

 

[shira]

Deserve to win?

Voted to win. Same thing

 

[NYR]

Just announced: there was an error printing the card, the Best Picture winner is actually Hidden Figures.

You mean Hidden Fences, obviously.

 

[TheGameshark]

In the moment, sure, but Beatty wasn't the one who fucked up.

I know that. All I'm saying is the guy is clearly pissed that this shit happened and it shouldn't have.

 

[A-V-B]

game theory time

So it's true, Warren and Faye got the backup card. How the fuck?