# 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:** 5
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/81 "2017-02-27T04:31:24Z")
Original Screenplay Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/82 "2017-02-27T04:32:33Z")
Kenneth Lonergan has an Oscar now!! I’m so happy! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/83 "2017-02-27T04:32:47Z")
KImmel’s been great in his takedowns of Donald Trump… and Matt Damon. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/84 "2017-02-27T04:33:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > David Bowie and Alan Rickman both died in January 2016, so they may have been mentioned in last year’s ceremonies. Yes, they did, and yes **Go\_Arachnid\_Laser** missed Prince in a scene from Purple Rain in the just screened In Memoriam. ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/85 "2017-02-27T04:34:19Z")
Adapted Screenplay Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/86 "2017-02-27T04:37:06Z")
How the F\*CK could they include Prince but omit David Bowie in the Memoriam segment, not to mention a laundry list of other actors and actresses? (See [Celebrity Death Pool 2016](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776787)) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/87 "2017-02-27T04:37:43Z")
Mahershala Ali went to my high school. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/88 "2017-02-27T04:39:02Z")
Was Bill Paxton in the montage? (following along from work) ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/89 "2017-02-27T04:39:05Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > How the F\*CK could they include Prince but omit David Bowie in the Memoriam segment, not to mention a laundry list of other actors and actresses? (See [Celebrity Death Pool 2016](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776787)) [List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_Academy_Awards#In_Memoriam) of those honored in last year’s ceremonies. ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/90 "2017-02-27T04:39:46Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > How the F\*CK could they include Prince but omit David Bowie in the Memoriam segment, not to mention a laundry list of other actors and actresses? (See [Celebrity Death Pool 2016](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=776787)) 😕 As mentioned before they did mention Bowie in 2016. > **[David Bowie And More Honored In Oscars 'In Memoriam' Segment](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/oscars-in-memoriam_n_56c4c0f7e4b0b40245c8b16c)** > > Dave Grohl sang a touching rendition of "Blackbird." ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/91 "2017-02-27T04:40:37Z")
Bowie was in last year’s memorial reel. They used a shot from **Zoolander**. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/92 "2017-02-27T04:41:12Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > Was Bill Paxton in the montage? (following along from work) Jennifer Aniston mentioned him in her introduction, but I don’t think he was in the montage. Probably too recent. Hopefully they include him next year. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/93 "2017-02-27T04:41:42Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > [List](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88th_Academy_Awards#In_Memoriam) of those honored in last year’s ceremonies. Yes **Dewey Finn** but those on your list died in 2015 and were honored in 2016. Those who die in 2016 are to be honored in … ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/94 "2017-02-27T04:42:26Z")
Including Bowie and Rickman. ---
**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, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/95 "2017-02-27T04:42:28Z")
Directing Damien Chazelle, La La Land They mention that He is the youngest director to win. ---
**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, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/96 "2017-02-27T04:46:39Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Yes **Dewey Finn** but those on your list died in 2015 and were honored in 2016. Those who die in 2016 are to be honored in … Uh. no, you need to think of it like a “school year” the ones honored do include the ones that died in January and February of the year the Oscar are given. ---
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/97 "2017-02-27T04:50:14Z")
The clip from _La La Land_ just reminded me how much I loathe people talking during a concert. ---
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/98 "2017-02-27T04:50:58Z")
Actor in a Leading Role Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/99 "2017-02-27T04:54:21Z")
_La La Land_ is 5 for 11. Still not a bad total. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905/100 "2017-02-27T04:54:29Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Actor in a Leading Role > > Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea The “other Affleck Brother” no longer! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-thread/780905.md?page=6)