# 79th Annual Acadamy Awards watch along/drink along thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661 "2007-02-26T00:46:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/261 "2007-02-26T04:31:22Z")
Heh, Melissa Etheridge thanked her wife. The tightie righties will be all over _that_ tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/262 "2007-02-26T04:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] Am I being ridiculously PC or oversensitive for being _slightly_ put off by that Babel guy finishing his speech with “Por todos Latinos!”? I can understand saying something in support of the fellow nominees from your _country_, but championing your racial/ethnic/cultural/whatever-is-used-to-describe-Latinos group is just a bit… [/QUOTE] Just a bit what? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/263 "2007-02-26T04:32:10Z")
[QUOTE=badkittypriestess] {{Yawwwnnnn, time for bed}} [/QUOTE] But there’s only five awards left! > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Heh, Melissa Etheridge thanked her wife. The tightie righties will be all over that tomorrow. Yeah…that, and the fact that, y’know, the awards were hosted by a lesbian. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/264 "2007-02-26T04:32:33Z")
The first complete WTF? moment of the night. That song sucked, it was the worst of the nominees. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/265 "2007-02-26T04:33:18Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] In other news, anyone willing to take bets that Jennifer Hudson will be a one-hit wonder, at least as far as acting? She may have a recording career, but I predict she’ll be in a couple bad movies, then quickly drop out of sight as an actress. Just a feeling. [/QUOTE] 'tis the way for most BS actresses, so yeah. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/266 "2007-02-26T04:34:32Z")
**El Kabong** I was wondering if Melissa thanked her wife. All right. Wonder where she was married? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/267 "2007-02-26T04:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=Lamar Mundane] The first complete WTF? moment of the night. That song sucked, it was the worst of the nominees. [/QUOTE] Agreed. I really like ME but that isn’t even one of her better songs. ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/268 "2007-02-26T04:35:15Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] But there’s only five awards left! [/QUOTE] Meh, I’m sick, hubby’s sick and we have to work tomorrow like everybody else. The “L Word” is on at 11:00 but I won’t stay up to watch it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/269 "2007-02-26T04:37:01Z")
Immigants! I knew it was them! And Indians! ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/270 "2007-02-26T04:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=Fionn] Just a bit what? [/QUOTE] A bit…off-putting. In the same way it would be off-putting if Helen Mirren wins and thanks not only her fellow British nominees, but does a big shout-out to all the WASPs or Anglos around the world. But, apparently I’m being “really, really offensive” for feeling that way. ::shrugs:: ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/271 "2007-02-26T04:37:18Z")
Wake me when it’s over k? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/272 "2007-02-26T04:36:50Z")
Little Miss Sunshine clip Will Smith for something…something…something…Oh! Michael Mann clips about American movies ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/273 "2007-02-26T04:37:07Z")
Have they done the roll call of the dead yet? I always like that part. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/274 "2007-02-26T04:39:13Z")
Oooh, man, first they get bumped from Best Picture and now they lose Best Song to Earnest Claptrap Template Folk Song #7. Suh-nap to the Dreamgirls. I feel sorry for them! Nice narration by Steve C. to the LMS shot. No bumpers coming back from the commercials, hmmm. Those producers are sweating in their eveningwear up there. Although I hate to think who can crack the whip over the fuckin’ OSCARS! :eek: …aaaand Saint-Saen’s ‘Aquarium’ is called into service once again. What is this, the race, religion, n’ politics montage? Edit: Aha, America, I get it! Other countries have that stuff all figured out by now. 11:41 and we’re doing film editing? What is wrong with this picture? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/275 "2007-02-26T04:40:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mehitabel] What is this, the race and religion montage? [/QUOTE] Race, religion, wealth, war, politics- everything America. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/276 "2007-02-26T04:40:25Z")
Okay, I missed it. What’s the theme of this montage? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/277 "2007-02-26T04:41:20Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] Okay, I missed it. What’s the theme of this montage? [/QUOTE] America. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/278 "2007-02-26T04:41:46Z")
Not that I’m about to complain about anything featuring George Clooney in his “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” role, but what was the intro to the WHEE AMERICA YAY montage? I mean, what was the purported point? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/279 "2007-02-26T04:42:08Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] Okay, I missed it. What’s the theme of this montage? [/QUOTE] Your location 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661/280 "2007-02-26T04:42:48Z")
That was painful. Lots of good movies within, but very painful. Kate Winslet for Editing. Winner: Thelma! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/79th-annual-acadamy-awards-watch-along-drink-along-thread/393661.md?page=15)