# The Unofficial Academy Awards Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206 "2005-02-28T00:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/121 "2005-02-28T03:47:13Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Shoot the J! SHOOT IT! This is my electronic impression of Dave Chappell’s imitation of Prince. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/122 "2005-02-28T03:47:47Z")
> [@delphica](#): > > You should watch them more often, because your remark about Al Pacino’s hair just about knocked me out of my chair, I laughed so hard. Why, thank you. It appears to be bad hair night, though. I’m looking at _you_, Sean Penn. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/123 "2005-02-28T03:51:21Z")
H. Swank: I do not like her dress at all. ---
**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 28, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/124 "2005-02-28T03:51:39Z")
Hey, she thanked her husband this time. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/125 "2005-02-28T03:52:21Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > Prince looked like the kid on the Cracker Jack box. When you hear his speaking voice it truly is amazing to consider how he can sing the way he does. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/126 "2005-02-28T03:52:35Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > H. Swank: I do not like her dress at all. You’re not supposed to look at the front. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/127 "2005-02-28T03:52:44Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > H. Swank: I do not like her dress at all. But she’s the first female in Oscar history to be nominated for playing a boxer! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/128 "2005-02-28T03:53:20Z")
Hilary Swank left out the twelve million New Zealanders. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/129 "2005-02-28T03:54:26Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > You’re not supposed to look at the front. LOL! **Terminus** , I’ve got my eye on you. 😉 ---
**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 28, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/130 "2005-02-28T03:54:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This is my electronic impression of Dave Chappell’s imitation of Prince. I got it. I even laughed. Just wanted you to know somebody did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/131 "2005-02-28T03:54:52Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > But she’s the first female in Oscar history to be nominated for playing a boxer! I’m going to ask this question honestly, no joking - has there been another woman who played a boxer? Susan ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/132 "2005-02-28T03:56:02Z")
Wow could Sean Penn have possibly been _less_ enthusiatic about presenting the Best Actress Award? From the way he was talking, you’d think he was announcing the nominees for Best Gaffer In A Foreign Film Documentary. Sean - Jesus - it’s the BEST ACTRESS award. I’m glad Hilary Swank won. She was funny in the way she kept getting the orchestra to stop playing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/133 "2005-02-28T03:56:10Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > This is my electronic impression of Dave Chappell’s imitation of Prince. I couldn’t even look at him without thinking of that. Weird that Johnny Depp’s wardrobe tonight seems Prince-inspired. (Rock said it, but I said it first. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Grasshopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Grasshopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grasshopper)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/134 "2005-02-28T03:56:17Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > But she’s the first female in Oscar history to be nominated for playing a boxer! The door has been opened! ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/135 "2005-02-28T03:56:31Z")
And a nominee for short film for next year’s oscars - guy sliding down hill in Cadillac commercial! Susan ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/136 "2005-02-28T03:56:45Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > But she’s the first female in Oscar history to be nominated for playing a boxer! I thought that was a weird comment - so, how many OTHER females have played boxers? “He’s the first man nominated for playing a rich pilot-movie mogul-turned-OCD sufferer!” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/137 "2005-02-28T03:57:25Z")
My son on H. Swank. “She looks like a guy but that’s O.K. because her husband looks like a girl.” ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/138 "2005-02-28T03:58:03Z")
Sounded like Sean Penn didn’t like Rock’s jokes about Jude Law. C’mon Sean…it’s called humor, however slight!! I’m sure Jude Law doesn’t mind getting mentioned in the Oscar monologue, after all… ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/139 "2005-02-28T03:58:15Z")
> [@Terminus Est](#): > > You’re not supposed to look at the front. It kind of does look like she’s got it on backwards. Although I guess she’d need a bit of a fabric panel added if it were turned around. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206/140 "2005-02-28T03:59:12Z")
> [@susan\_foster](#): > > I’m going to ask this question honestly, no joking - has there been another woman who played a boxer? Michelle Rodriguez, in [Girlfight](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210075/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unofficial-academy-awards-thread/292206.md?page=8)