# 86th Academy Awards viewing thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697 "2014-03-02T20:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/161 "2014-03-03T04:03:13Z")
Could have done without Midler and that sappy song. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/162 "2014-03-03T04:03:20Z")
did they just cut bette off mid sentence? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/163 "2014-03-03T04:03:56Z")
yep. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/164 "2014-03-03T04:04:31Z")
Someone from The Hollywood Reporter who’s there said that during the commercial people were instructed not to clap during the memorial video, so they didn’t just mute the audience. ---
**Author:** ![expectopatronum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/expectopatronum/32/173_2.png) [@expectopatronum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/expectopatronum)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/165 "2014-03-03T04:04:33Z")
huh. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/166 "2014-03-03T04:04:40Z")
I think I like it that they’ve gone to holding applause until the end. The way they used to do it, they’d have a round of applause for the big names, but almost nothing for the lesser-knowns and behind-the-scenes folks. Basically, it was the equivalent of asking, “Who?” Which couldn’t have been very easy for the family and friends of those particular deceased. I also agree that it should have stayed as it was, without the song at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/167 "2014-03-03T04:04:48Z")
No Ralph Waite in the memorial. I know he did a couple movies, but I guess he was mostly TV and he will be on the Emmy memorial. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/168 "2014-03-03T04:05:43Z")
GOOOOD LOOOOOORD what is holding Goldie Hawn together?! ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/169 "2014-03-03T04:09:05Z")
Aw, why not have Idina Menzel do “Let It Go?” ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/170 "2014-03-03T04:10:48Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > Aw, why not have Idina Menzel do “Let It Go?” I know Travolta butchered the hell out of her name, but isn’t that her? ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/171 "2014-03-03T04:11:24Z")
I thought he said “Adele somebody.” I could be wrong. ETA: Okay, Ellen fixed the mistake. My bad. I’m not used enough to seeing Idina in person to have recognized her easily. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/172 "2014-03-03T04:11:31Z")
He didn’t even try to correct himself. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/173 "2014-03-03T04:11:31Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > GOOOOD LOOOOOORD what is holding Goldie Hawn together?! Sutures ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/174 "2014-03-03T04:11:33Z")
I thought Goldie looked amazing, as did Bette Midler. And I like that song, dammit! It’s a perfect memorial song. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/175 "2014-03-03T04:11:42Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I know Travolta butchered the hell out of her name, but isn’t that her? It is. I don’t even know what Travolta thought he was trying to say, but it sounded nothing like Idina Menzel. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/176 "2014-03-03T04:11:49Z")
I like [this Africanized version](Alex Boyé) of “Let It Go” by Alex Boyé (with Lexi Walker singing) best. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/177 "2014-03-03T04:11:53Z")
> [@Hermione](#): > > I also agree that it should have stayed as it was, without the song at the end. I was just thinking to myself, as they had that lovely _Somewhere In Time_ instrumental music playing, how nice it was not to have a singer singing and drawing focus from the people of the In Memoriam segment. In some Oscar shows past, they actually did that, with the director cutting in shots of the singer and really shortchanging the deceased folks. I hated that every time. So, yeah, this was great! Wait, what? They added in a vocal performance _afterwards_? To a show that already always runs long? What the …? Not to mention the lyrics of “Wind Beneath My Wings” doesn’t really fit for Hollywood-star-performer types. “It must have hard for you in my shadow”? Riiiiiight. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/178 "2014-03-03T04:14:58Z")
Man, I am LOVING the entrance themes this year. “This is Berk” from _How to Train Your Dragon_? AWESOME. Best Original Song, I think, has to go to “Happy”. It’s just pure fun. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/179 "2014-03-03T04:15:55Z")
Good choice on _Gravity_ for original score. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/86th-academy-awards-viewing-thread/682697/180 "2014-03-03T04:16:12Z")
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