# Oscars 2017 thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905 "2017-02-27T01:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 27, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/21 "2017-02-27T02:05:57Z")
That ad from Cadillac was really uplifting. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/22 "2017-02-27T02:15:27Z")
They used to do best supporting actor and actress awards to kick off the show. Did they change that, or did I miss the supporting actress? mmm ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/23 "2017-02-27T02:15:38Z")
How wonderful to see the real Katherine Johnson onstage! What the hell is a 68-hour TV documentary nominated at the Oscars for, let alone winning? Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/24 "2017-02-27T02:17:05Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > How wonderful to see the real Katherine Johnson onstage! > > What the hell is a 68-hour TV documentary nominated at the Oscars for, let alone winning? Dammit! Presumably they showed it in two tiny theaters, one in New York, one in LA for a week. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/25 "2017-02-27T02:19:14Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > How wonderful to see the real Katherine Johnson onstage! > > What the hell is a 68-hour TV documentary nominated at the Oscars for, let alone winning? Dammit! ESPN just went and premiered all 7 and a half hours of it in a theater. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/26 "2017-02-27T02:19:32Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Did they change that, or did I miss the supporting actress? No Supporting Actress yet. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/27 "2017-02-27T02:21:32Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Presumably the showed it in two tiny theaters, one in New York, one in LA. Isn’t a Los Angeles area screening required for a film to be Oscar nominated? For example, the score to Chaplin’s “Limelight” won a Best Score Oscar in 1972–twenty years after the film was released. It apparently was never seen in LA theaters when first released. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/28 "2017-02-27T02:22:30Z")
Had to step out for a few moments, but yes, the Best Documentary winner was: O. J.: Made in America ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/29 "2017-02-27T02:25:05Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Presumably they showed it in two tiny theaters, one in New York, one in LA for a week. > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > ESPN just went and premiered all 7 and a half hours of it in a theater. Well, ugh. Just, ugh. I’ve had the screener for weeks (I was supposed to watch it before voting on the Independent Spirit Awards), but there are few things I wanted to do less than watch a 7 1/2 documentary about a murdering scumbag. 45 minutes would have been pushing it. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/30 "2017-02-27T02:27:08Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Well, ugh. Just, ugh. I’ve had the screener for weeks (I was supposed to watch it before voting on the Independent Spirit Awards), but there are few things I wanted to do less than watch a 7 1/2 documentary about a murdering scumbag. 45 minutes would have been pushing it. The director did dedicate the award to Nichole and Ron, which was pretty decent of him. ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/31 "2017-02-27T02:27:48Z")
SOUND EDITING Arrival ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/32 "2017-02-27T02:30:20Z")
SOUND MIXING Hacksaw Ridge ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/33 "2017-02-27T02:31:40Z")
I thought they had rescinded 13 Hours’ nomination? Maybe too late to change the teleprompter? ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/34 "2017-02-27T02:33:25Z")
KEVIN FINALLY HAS HIS OSCAR! > [@Meltdown](#): > > I thought they had rescinded 13 Hours’ nomination? Maybe too late to change the teleprompter? One of the Sound Editors was knocked off the nomination list, not the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/35 "2017-02-27T02:36:29Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > One of the Sound Editors was knocked off the nomination list, not the movie itself. Got it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/36 "2017-02-27T02:37:29Z")
Early returns seem to indicate _La La Land_ might not be headed for some gigantic sweepage… ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/37 "2017-02-27T02:40:19Z")
…and Kevin O’Connell has got a **serious** resume of films to his credit! ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/38 "2017-02-27T02:44:35Z")
Actress in a Supporting Role Viola Davis, Fences ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/39 "2017-02-27T02:49:46Z")
This is the slowest ceremony I’ve ever seen. It’ll be Tuesday before it ends. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/40 "2017-02-27T02:50:27Z")
Having watched so much of the trial back in the 90s, read so many articles and books, so recently watched American Crime Story, I wasn’t interested in OJ: Made in America. I needed a break. But it was on last weekend and I couldn’t look away. It was excellent. I would have voted for 13th instead, but it wasn’t a robbery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905.md?page=3)