# 78th Oscars Thread (unboxed spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198 "2006-03-06T00:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/161 "2006-03-06T03:00:12Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > Okay, just a biiiiiit of shilling for seeing movies in theaters, huh? “A Tribute to Widescreen!” The best Oscar montage since 1997’s “Tribute to Color!” They’re just reaching for montage themes, aren’t they? As Jon said, I can’t wait for the tribute to montages. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/162 "2006-03-06T03:00:17Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > Is it just me, or have there been a lot of not-so-subtle jabs at people for watching movies on DVDs and TV instead of going to the movie theater? Whatsisface from the Academy made his push, and Jake Gyllenhal just tried, too (although he had trouble keeping a straight face). And maybe, just maybe, if it didn’t cost you half a kilobuck to go to the theater, etc. more people would go to the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/163 "2006-03-06T03:00:25Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Jon’s getting warmed up now(or maybe it’s that the _audience_ is getting warmed up?)…I was starting to worry about him with that “I’m a loser!” remark. Go, Jon, Go! He did pretty much the same thing when he hosted the 2001 Grammy Awards Show, only then it was “I suck!” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/164 "2006-03-06T03:00:44Z")
Itzhak Perlman was finger-syching? Poor Jon. I notice they spelled Jake Gyllenhaal’s name right on the marquee. His scripted joke was corny and it looked like he knew it. Why were he and Heath Ledger both sporting scruffy half grown in beards? Was this the “blowing shit up and vehicles flying through the air” montage? Oscar’s Salute to Montages, yes indeed. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/165 "2006-03-06T03:01:39Z")
That is not Alba’s look! She looks like a chulomami. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/166 "2006-03-06T03:02:30Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > That is not Alba’s look! She looks like a chulomami. I’ve never seen her look bad before. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/167 "2006-03-06T03:02:41Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > That is not Alba’s look! She looks like a chulomami. What’s a chulomami? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/168 "2006-03-06T03:03:36Z")
What next? A montage to celebrate the Dolby Noise Reduction™ process? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/169 "2006-03-06T03:04:38Z")
Oh Meryl. Why did you agree to do that? _cringe_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/170 "2006-03-06T03:05:18Z")
Oh that Meryl Streep. She’s such a phoney-baloney! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/171 "2006-03-06T03:06:09Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > What next? A montage to celebrate the Dolby Noise Reduction™ process? :rolleyes: Nah, a montage to celebrate everything from the silent film live organist to the Dolby Digital sound check. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/172 "2006-03-06T03:06:24Z")
Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep’s overlapping dialog to introduce Robert Altman’s award is the best introduction ever! Nice writing. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/173 "2006-03-06T03:06:56Z")
Streep & Tomlin–ladies, ladies, the only way you can do something like this is to play it straight. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/174 "2006-03-06T03:07:03Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > I like the music from The Constant Gardener better, but ok. De gustibus non est disputandum. Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep should host next year’s Oscars; nice. They both looked great and it was a fun tribute to… Robert Altman getting the Lifetime Achievement Award. It’s about time. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/175 "2006-03-06T03:07:09Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Everyone who wins for \*\*_Brokeback Mountain_ \*\* should end their speech by saying, “Oh, and I’m not gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!” Oh yeah, Seinfeld jokes. _That’s_ what’s missing. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/176 "2006-03-06T03:07:47Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > What’s a chulomami? I don’t know, she just looks wrong. That was my impression… her dress is too tight in the bodice, her hair is all wrong, the jewelry was gaudy. She looks best with her natural beauty underaccented and she just looks overwrought. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/177 "2006-03-06T03:08:08Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Nah, a montage to celebrate everything from the silent film live organist to the Dolby Digital sound check. A tribute to studio logos, introduced by Annette Benning and the MGM lion! ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/178 "2006-03-06T03:09:47Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > What’s a chulomami? > **[Urban Dictionary: mami chula](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mami%2Bchula)** > > A sexy hot woman usually of Puerto Rican lineage that will turn heads of any race. Two words that will help you get what you would really like to get from your latin girlfriend. A term of endearment that will completely flatter your latin girlfriend.... ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/179 "2006-03-06T03:10:20Z")
lol **Asterion** Maybe those would have been better than that Streep / Tomlin sketch. I really like both of them - but that routine - just sad. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198/180 "2006-03-06T03:11:31Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mami+chula](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mami+chula) Oh. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78th-oscars-thread-unboxed-spoilers/347198.md?page=10)