# Watch-a-long Oscar thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821 "2004-03-01T01:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/181 "2004-03-01T03:45:33Z")
Damn, I was pulling for _Capturing the Friedmans_. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/182 "2004-03-01T03:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > You may, but I would have to disagree. I think she looks stoned out of her head, completely wasted. Not saying she is, but she certainly looks disconnected. It also looks like she had BBTs name dug off her arm with a rusty spoon. I adore her, but classically classy is not her look. That’s okay, I never agree with prevailing opinion. For example, they all loved Nicole Kidman this year, but I think she looks like a sack full of clothes hangers and always does in awards shows. (In her films, she looks terrific.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/183 "2004-03-01T03:45:41Z")
Politics well received. Wow. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/184 "2004-03-01T03:45:44Z")
Oprah – **The Color Purple**. Errol Morris – conniption fit or nervous breakdown? You be the judge… (I think _he_ fell down a rabbit hole. Definitely out of control…) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/185 "2004-03-01T03:45:53Z")
Hey, THE FOG OF WAR! Let’s see if Errol gives the big political speech the producers are dreading… Yep, there he goes. Pretty mild, though, and non-offensive. Classy. “I can’t wait for his tax audit” goes Billy. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/186 "2004-03-01T03:46:03Z")
> [@Magickly Delicious](#): > > Awww, I wonder who John Cusack winked at. 🙂 Relative, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/187 "2004-03-01T03:46:15Z")
Two hours fifteen minutes to first political statements. Not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/188 "2004-03-01T03:46:20Z")
Wow, that’s it? 10:45 and I haven’t missed a major award? How late does this damned thing run? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/189 "2004-03-01T03:47:41Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Wow, that’s it? 10:45 and I haven’t missed a major award? How late does this damned thing run? Let me check my calendar… ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/190 "2004-03-01T03:48:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow, that’s it? 10:45 and I haven’t missed a major award? How late does this damned thing run? You missed Supporting Actor and Actress, which are pretty major. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/191 "2004-03-01T03:48:11Z")
And now a separate memorial for Gregory Peck ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/192 "2004-03-01T03:50:07Z")
Nope, not just Greg, it’s THE CALVACADE OF THE DEAD!! Hankies ahoy! ---
**Author:** ![Dignan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/193 "2004-03-01T03:50:47Z")
I know that Oprah won for “The Color Purple” I guess I just didn’t expect to see her, since she hasn’t done anything all that recently. Julie Andrews is there though, and I don’t suppose it’s for “The Princess Diaries,” I was just surprised that Oprah was presenting. **TeaElle** , I think I read that the awards will be re-run tomorrow on Bravo at 10 eastern/9 central. There might be another channel that is going to replay them, but I can’t remember, some other cable channel. Death Tribute: took a while for some of the folks clapping to realize they probably didn’t want to applaud a Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Granuaile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecccb3/32.png) [@Granuaile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Granuaile)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/194 "2004-03-01T03:51:10Z")
There is no separate tribute for Gregory Peck? I understand there are time constraints but I would think he is in the same league as Hope and Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/195 "2004-03-01T03:51:30Z")
Leni Riefenstahl just had to be included, of course. Fish and fascists, she’s unforgettable. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/196 "2004-03-01T03:51:55Z")
Mmm, the slowish-confused clapping for Leni Reifenstal and (to some degree) Eliza Kazan, very interesting. I didn’t know Robert Stack died, and I’d forgotten about Gregory Hines . \ ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/197 "2004-03-01T03:52:31Z")
You could practically hear people tying to work out if they should clap or not when it came to Kahn and Reifenstahl! Always makes me a bit sad when there is somone they dont clap for cos they don’t know who it is… not much fun to be that persons family. The classy thing to do is to keep up a sustained clap for the whole thing with a few especially eager claps. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/198 "2004-03-01T03:53:53Z")
AWESOME! The Tiger/Caddyshack commercial rocked! Danny! Sit down, Danny! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/199 "2004-03-01T03:55:30Z")
I was with Dopers on the Woodlawn Cemetery walk, actually, when we found out about Gregory Hines. We happened to be standing in the jazz greats section, near Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, etc. etc. But Gregory is buried in Oakville, Ontario (thanks, [findagrave.com](http://findagrave.com)!) ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821/200 "2004-03-01T03:56:09Z")
Doh, by Kahn I meant Kazan, 5am here, gimme a break! 😃 I too had forgotten that Gregory Hines died ☹ and didn’t know about that little red-headed guy, always liked him in films. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-a-long-oscar-thread/231821.md?page=11)