# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/201 "2009-02-23T04:09:33Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Have they done the In Memoriam montage yet? I’d love to see it on YouTube. > > Robin It should be soon, we are up to the big 4 now. ---
**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, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/202 "2009-02-23T04:10:18Z")
> [@Queen\_Tonya](#): > > John Legend is wonderful, imagine the race of beautiful musicians he and Alicia Keyes could create. 🆒 I had never heard of him before but I seriously unslumped myself from my seat and sat up antennae quivering. OTOH, was my volume wacky or did he sound a bit offkey? ---
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/203 "2009-02-23T04:11:05Z")
Ah here’s In Memoriam. ---
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/204 "2009-02-23T04:11:17Z")
Here it comes now… ---
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/205 "2009-02-23T04:11:24Z")
Dead call. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/206 "2009-02-23T04:13:00Z")
Doing it now. I can’t believe they started it “offscreen” with the camera on Latifa so you couldn’t read. Jesus stop swinging around with the fucking camera and let people have their few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/207 "2009-02-23T04:13:06Z")
They really need to quit with the pimpy camera work and just show the dead people dammit! ETA: simulpost! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/208 "2009-02-23T04:13:36Z")
I see dead people! ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/209 "2009-02-23T04:14:18Z")
I like that they’ve removed the clapping, it always made me feel so bad for the people who didn’t get big claps. ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/210 "2009-02-23T04:14:27Z")
Awww, I love my sister Latifah. Nice montage. ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/211 "2009-02-23T04:14:43Z")
Is it just my channel or are they pulling the camera too far to see the titles and names? Edit: Oh. ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/212 "2009-02-23T04:15:41Z")
Ugh, tough year. ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/213 "2009-02-23T04:15:50Z")
Stop moving the fucking camera!! Wtf was that atrocious camera work? Half the names you couldn’t even read what the people were famous for. I don’t care about seeing Queen Latifah singing, show the actual images of the people we’re supposed to be thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Second\_Star\_to\_the\_Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second_Star_to_the_Right)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/214 "2009-02-23T04:15:55Z")
Nice job by Latifah. She looked lovely, too. ETA No it’s not just you Tijuana. Annoying camera work there. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/215 "2009-02-23T04:16:03Z")
Cyd Charisse Bernie Mac Ollie Johnson Van Johnson Michael Crichton Nina Foch Pat Hingle Abby Mann Roy Scheidner Evelyn Keyes Richard Widmark IDNK Isaac Hayes Chef! Khan! Paul Scofield James Whitmore Charlton Heston Syndey Polack Paul Newman I missed many, but too many big names this year and from a younger generation now. ETA: The guy who decided to move the titles and pics around is a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/216 "2009-02-23T04:16:33Z")
Not just you Tijuana, that was terribly filmed. One person looked like the film they had worked on was called “Snow Bitches”, but I am guessing not. Not even the oscar mute button could keep down the roars for Sydney Pollak and Paul. Sniffle. ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/217 "2009-02-23T04:16:49Z")
Did I miss Heath Ledger? I was watching for him, but must have missed it. ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/218 "2009-02-23T04:16:54Z")
I think it played fine on all the ginormous 50 inch TV sets, **Tijuana**. If you’re still watching on an older smaller set like I am, not so easy to read. ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/219 "2009-02-23T04:17:09Z")
Lovely performance from the Queen. ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977/220 "2009-02-23T04:17:12Z")
They just finished it, so I was just in time. Robin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-81st-annual-academy-awards/486977.md?page=12)