# The 81st Annual Academy Awards **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977 "2009-02-22T21:12:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/181 "2009-02-23T03:59:00Z")
Hode on, I got confused as to who was singing what. I def want Jai Ho to win. ---
**Author:** ![Between\_the\_Bars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Between\_the\_Bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Between_the_Bars)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/182 "2009-02-23T03:59:13Z")
Man, that guy wouldn’t even make it to Hollywood! ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/183 "2009-02-23T03:59:34Z")
man, John Legend is gorgeous ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/184 "2009-02-23T03:59:44Z")
That divorce joke was mighty awkward, though. Meant to say this earlier, but would it kill Will Smith to ease off on the charm just a little bit? It’s embarrassing the rest of us. They’ve really got a “world music” thing going on with the Best Song nominees, and I like it a lot. All three of these are good songs and there’s no ballady drivel. Or girls dancing around burning cars. ---
**Author:** ![Between\_the\_Bars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Between\_the\_Bars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Between_the_Bars)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/185 "2009-02-23T04:01:15Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > This choreographed _Slumdog_ number — it just doesn’t look Indian to me. It looks Afro-Korean. I just had to say, I thought the exact same thing! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/186 "2009-02-23T04:01:32Z")
John Legend is wonderful, imagine the race of beautiful musicians he and Alicia Keyes could create. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/187 "2009-02-23T04:02:52Z")
Yes! “Jai Ho”! I loved that song! So glad Slumdog took the music awards. Right after I saw that film I went right out and bought the soundtrack. And of course in the one year where I actually liked all the song nominees, they choose to shorten them in a stupid montage. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/188 "2009-02-23T04:02:53Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Ha. We just got to hear a Muslim praise God in Arabic. That doesn’t happen at the Oscars too often. Nitpick: he was speaking in Tamil, not Arabic. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/189 "2009-02-23T04:03:08Z")
Jai Ho! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/190 "2009-02-23T04:03:39Z")
> [@](#): > > It looks Afro-Korean. North or South? What’s the deal with Peter Gabriel not singing his own song? Is there bad blood between him and Oscar? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/191 "2009-02-23T04:03:48Z")
And to think there was a stage where Slumdog looked like it was going straight to DVD. The little movie that could. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/192 "2009-02-23T04:05:03Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Ha. We just got to hear a Muslim praise God in Arabic. That doesn’t happen at the Oscars too often. I wonder if Bill Maher will have a little talk to him about his “silly god”… ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/193 "2009-02-23T04:05:05Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > John Legend is wonderful, imagine the race of beautiful musicians he and Alicia Keyes could create. 🆒 Yes! Like Erykah Badu and Andre (and damn her for not procreating with Common) or Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley. All of those kids are unfairly blessed with genius genes. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/194 "2009-02-23T04:05:15Z")
Peter refused to shorten his song to the required length. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/195 "2009-02-23T04:06:46Z")
This years awards… so boring… will to give a damn being sapped… please God, no more musical numbers. Stop stroking yourself off Hollywood and entertain me again… Please! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/196 "2009-02-23T04:07:29Z")
Now that’s a surprise. I thought it’d be “Waltz With Bashir.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/197 "2009-02-23T04:07:43Z")
That’s a surprise. I though _Bashir_ was supposed to be a lock. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/198 "2009-02-23T04:08:07Z")
Liam is soooooo pretty. Want. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/199 "2009-02-23T04:08:11Z")
Have they done the In Memoriam montage yet? I’d love to see it on YouTube. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/200 "2009-02-23T04:09:05Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Have they done the In Memoriam montage yet? I’d love to see it on YouTube. > > Robin Not yet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=11)