Film Awards Thread

[DRW50]

 

I think she's kind of funny, but the media push for her lately feels more and more like tokenism and is very patronizing. The various (white) columnists saying she should have hosted this year and must host next year - if she does, they will rip her to shreds. 

[ChitHappens]

 

You seem shocked.  I'm sure the next time a black person gets an Oscar for Best Acting, it will be Halle Berry - the weakest in the bunch.  Or a dark skinned person will win Supporting but never the lead!  I don't watch awards shows, and thank goodness!  

[DRW50]

 

I've always thought Garner was so hollow - the epitome of the safe and focus-group tested "star" (likely one of the reasons none of her work was ever a tenth as successful as it was supposed to be). It was odd seeing her almost human.

 

(I don't know if you saw it but I put a Twitter link to part of an old Hart to Hart comic strip in the nightly thoughts thread)

[ChitHappens]

 

I can't stand to see her coming and I hope she goes away real soon.  Like always, Tiffany will be the black person Hollywood embraces and pushes to the forefront because she's a damn clown!  I find her extremely embarrassing!  

[BetterForgotten]

I'll be very surprised if anyone knows who Haddish even is in two years...

[Khan]

 

I'm not, but I apologize if I came across that way.

 

I didn't know who she even was until this morning!  And now...?  I wish I had remained ignorant.

[BetterForgotten]

I guess she can parlay it into doing very crappy movies that cater to the lowest common denominator and having the media push her as some type of comedic genius, when she's really not that funny...

 

It's working for Kevin Hart, I guess....

Edited March 5, 2018 by BetterForgotten

[Faulkner]

I liked Tiffany before she became the It girl. She was extremely charming and charismatic in her interview with Jimmy Kimmel last summer. But she’s playing up her persona to the point of shrill self-parody.

[ChitHappens]

 

+1

 

Maya Rudolph, someone who is super funny, looked so embarrassed standing next to her.  

[Faulkner]

It’s the same with Cardi B. Someone with a lot of natural charm and skill, but through overexposure she feels the need to play up her idiosyncrasies and top what she did before. Now she looks like a damn fool.

[ChitHappens]

 

Yes!  And let's add Leslie Jones to this list.  She's no one I want to watch!  

[Faulkner]

Totally. Leslie hosting the BET Awards last year was painful to watch. So much mugging. I saw that as someone who found Robin Williams intolerably manic even as I recognized his talent (and his impressions were often spot-on). But it’s hard out there for black comedians.

[Soapsuds]

Well at least Meryl Streep didn't win. The bitch gets nominated ever year and I don't think she's that great! I am so sick of her!

Edited March 5, 2018 by Soapsuds

[DAMfan]

💘 Meryl she can do anything IMO & I want to win a jet ski.

Edited March 5, 2018 by DAMfan

[dragonflies]

Now can we FINALLY stop hearing about that [!@#$%^&*] Tonya Harding now that the Oscar's are over, thanks.

 

Not you guys just in general