# 85th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279 "2013-02-24T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/121 "2013-02-25T02:52:45Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Who didn’t have _Amour_ in their pool for foreign language film? Anybody? Bueller? :o ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/122 "2013-02-25T02:52:49Z")
The orchestra isn’t there? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/123 "2013-02-25T02:53:47Z")
Travolta is KIIILLLLLLIINNNGGGGG MEEEEEEE with the hair!!! ETA: and the Les Miserables pronunciation! His hair looks exactly like some girls in the hood I know who try to go cheap with the lace front wig. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/124 "2013-02-25T02:54:10Z")
Here we go!!! Musicals!!! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/125 "2013-02-25T02:54:19Z")
It wouldn’t be Seth McFarland without some (good-natured) mean-spirited ribbing. Everybody knows his shtick. You wouldn’t expect (or want) George Carlin (RIP) or Don Rickles to water down their shtick if they were in the same situation! Just roll with it… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/126 "2013-02-25T02:54:49Z")
I can like mean spirited. I wonder if it’s a generational thing. I still think one of my favorite lines was Jon Stewart saying “For those of you keeping score at home, Martin Scorsese, zero; Three 6 Mafia, one.” ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/127 "2013-02-25T02:55:49Z")
I’m going to have to skip the musical salute. Half of the **Les Mis** people can’t sing, and the way Jennifer Hudson sings annoys me. Someone report back. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/128 "2013-02-25T02:56:11Z")
Where the hell is Catherine Zeta-Jones’ microphone? Is it hidden in her wig? Update: Or are they just lip-syncing? ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/129 "2013-02-25T02:57:02Z")
DAMN, Catherine Zeta Jones hasn’t lost a bit of it in ten years!!! (Singing/dancing ability, I mean. Although, even as a straight woman, I can appreciate her looks!) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/130 "2013-02-25T02:57:18Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The orchestra isn’t there? What the hell? I was surprised too; I assumed that they were in the orchestra pit. But perhaps they don’t actually include an orchestra pit anymore. And Seth MacFarlane really shouldn’t applaud; most of the time he’s applauding something he himself said, and also it gets picked up by his microphone, so it’s louder than it needs to be. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/131 "2013-02-25T02:57:22Z")
Huh, how about that, winners for the short documentary and the long one had Hispanic artists as their subjects, neat. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/132 "2013-02-25T02:58:01Z")
Catherine Zeta-Jones is white? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/133 "2013-02-25T02:58:35Z")
I missed the intro…why is Catharine Zeta Jones miming to a song from Chicago? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/134 "2013-02-25T02:58:59Z")
Ah, the tribute to musicals/snack/bathroom break. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/135 "2013-02-25T02:59:02Z")
They should have had Eddie Murphy do the musical tribute, to remind people what he should have won Supporting Actor for Dreamgirls. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/136 "2013-02-25T02:59:07Z")
Orchestra not there! How dey do dat? Neat! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/137 "2013-02-25T02:59:42Z")
Well, this is long and pointless. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/138 "2013-02-25T02:59:59Z")
Dreamgirls was horrible. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/139 "2013-02-25T03:00:09Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > DAMN, Catherine Zeta Jones hasn’t lost a bit of it in ten years!!! > > (Singing/dancing ability, I mean. Although, even as a straight woman, I can appreciate her looks!) As a straight dood, I can too. > [@Meltdown](#): > > Catherine Zeta-Jones is white? > > 😉 Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/85th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/651279/140 "2013-02-25T03:00:27Z")
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