# need an oscar costume **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220 "2010-02-09T01:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/1 "2010-02-09T01:52:27Z")
I want to get a head start on our annual Oscar party. It is traditional to dress up as character from a recent, popular (or nominated) movie). And I hate doing it. Come someone help put on a few accessories to become the most amazing movie character. Please no construction, no dyeing, no intricate makeup. I want a hat and a shirt (or something of similar effort). By the way, I am a tall, thin male. I thought of Avatar but the blue paint was just too much for me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/2 "2010-02-09T01:56:56Z")
Wear a suit and tie, pull a suitcase behind you – you’re the protagonist of “Up in the Air.” It would help if you were also absurdly good looking, of course … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/3 "2010-02-09T01:59:50Z")
Oscar costume? [No problem!](http://www.amazon.com/Sesame-Street-Oscar-Grouch-Costume/dp/B002P94YRY) Seriously, what about the Boy Scout (Russell) from Up? Easy, especially if you know a Boy Scout. ---
**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 9, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/4 "2010-02-09T02:01:11Z")
You could get some desert military duds and a fake bomb and be one of the bomb techs in The Hurt Locker. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/5 "2010-02-09T02:04:43Z")
Brown pants, brown herringbone sport coat, brown bow tie, and a bunch of balloons: Up. Military duds, WWII-syle: Inglorious Bastards. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/6 "2010-02-09T02:05:45Z")
Tall, thin male, eh…OK, buy a frumpy dress and wear it and talk in a high pitched voice and be Julia Childs/Meryl Streep. You can eat all the food at the party and bitch about it being too bland, not fresh enough, etc. Throw in a few French words whenever possible. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/7 "2010-02-09T03:32:02Z")
Do you have short, and/or gray hair? Get some baggy pants, a tank top, and some silly putty, and you can go as [Col. Quaritch](http://morisset.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/avatar-stephen-lang-as-colonel-quaritch.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/8 "2010-02-09T03:33:52Z")
Bah, beaten to the Oscar the Grouch joke. I see the Boy Scout from “Up” was suggested. The old man wouldn’t be too hard either. Or the old man (or his wife) as a little kid, wearing a leather aviator helmet. ---
**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 9, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-oscar-costume/528220/9 "2010-02-09T05:24:41Z")
Do you look anything like [Wikus](http://asubtleknife.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/wikus-van-der-merwe1.jpg) from District 9? [Short sleeve collared shirt, Brown stripped tie, Paint-Ball vest, ID on a lanyard, slacks, clipboard, and a mustache.](http://laurenpettapiece.com/wp-content/uploads/wikus.jpg) Extra points for stenciling MNU on the vest, talking in a South African accent, and… Wearing a lobster like monster claw on your left hand/arm