Interesting Commentary

While I don't know if this will be the quote of the day (I know, I forgot to post quote of the days on Saturday and Sunday). Anyway, Jeff Seeman posted this over at Daily Kos. I've made some comments in Italics.

1. During the opening sequence, Dustin Hoffman's narration was discussing heroes when a clip of Michael Moore in Roger And Me came up on the screen. It was no accident.

2. During the monologue, Chris Rock bashed Bush. He compared the government to working at the Gap and asked "what would happen if your register at the Gap was 4 trillion in the hole and you started a war with Banana Republic over toxic tank tops, only to find later that they never sold tank tops ever."

3. African-American man (Morgan Freeman) wins Oscar for his role in Million Dollar Baby. I will not spoil the film, but the main detail of it is NOT boxing and the topic pisses off a lot of the right wing (Limbaugh especially).

4. Hilary Swank wins for Million Dollar Baby. Same film pisses off same people, and this time the Oscar goes to a left-wing activist who portrayed Brandon Teena once and whose husband founded a 527 designed to help turn Ohio blue again.

5. Clint Eastwood wins for Million Dollar Baby. See #3 and #4, but this one will be extra bitter for the right because Eastwood is a former Republican mayor. How dare he go out of lockstep?

6. Best Actor nominee include TWO African-Americans (Don Cheadle and Jamie Foxx), a former-RWer-turncoat (Eastwood), a left-wing activist who supported Kerry (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a guy who LIVES IN FRANCE.....BY CHOICE! (Johnny Depp)

7. African-American man (Jamie Foxx) wins Oscar for Ray. Foxx will probably be attacked for his old comic routines (often with profanity inserted) and for the tattoo on the back of his skull. Someone will question gang activity because of it. Also, the most insane right-wingers who try to boycott everything Hollywood still hate Ray Charles for NOT playing "America" at a Bush ceremony.

8. Openly gay couple win Oscar for Documentary Short - Mighty Times: The Children's March. Onstage, one of them jokes about working and living with the same person and advises against it. Carson from Queer Eye somewhere was having a hissy fit over how the one gentleman's suit was bunching up as he put his hands on his hips.

9. Alan Alda was nominated for something. That'll tick 'em off enough.

10. Barbara Streisand was one of the presenters for Best Picture. Can you feel the love?

11. Streisand handed that Oscar to Eastwood for....you guessed it, Million Dollar Baby. Did I mention I won't say WHY the film pisses off right-wingers? It just does.

12. On several instances, all the nominees were onstage when the winner was announced. It brought back memories of when Michael Moore invited eveyone up to accept for Bowling For Columbine, and then talked about fictitious wars and fictitious election results.

13. Sean Penn was allowed onstage when he presented.

14. For the first time ever, a song sung in Spanish was nominated for best song. Damn minorities taking American songwriting jobs away.

15. It won.

16. A song for Best Song was sung in French. In FRENCH!

17. Beyonce' was onstage three times to sing three different Best Original Song nominees. Not that the RW hated Beyonce' before, but she sang the French song, which means she must be boycotted forever. (Note from Daniel: I do not agree that she should have sung those songs. The original singers should. The Academy Awards should not be the Beyonce show!)

18. Robin Willliams laughed openly at Focus On The Family (without naming them). He then went on to name cartoon characters who were clearly MORE gay than Spongebob Squarepants.

18a. Williams was told NOT to do the routine when he went out there, but did it anyway.

19. Marlon Brando, a man who chose to expatriate himself from the US, got a MUCH larger cheer than Ronald Reagan did when the two were shown during the segment on those we have lost since last Oscar Night. (Marlon is a known anti-Semite)

20. Christopher Reeve, a man who pleaded for stem-cell research, got a MUCH larger cheer than Ronald Reagan did when the two were shown during the segment on those we have lost since last Oscar Night.

20a. Reeve might still be alive today if not for a lot of Reagan supporters.

21. Vera Drake garnered three nominations. It's a film about an abortion provider pre-Roe v. Wade. As soon as a right-winger sees the film or hears about it or reads about it, they'll find out and get mad.

22. No Oscars for the thrice-nominated Passion Of The Christ.

23. Rock claimed he had seen Passion, but didn't find it very funny.

24. During a pre-recorded segment, Chris Rock interviewed a small number of filmgoers. None were white, except for Albert Brooks (clearly planted there) who then had the audacity to proclaim White Chicks as the best film of the year.

25. A film about Che Guavara, The Motorcycle Diaries was nominated twice, for Best Song and Best Adapted Screenplay. Damn Commie bastards.

26. Tim Robbins was brought out as a presenter. Yes, Chris Rock made fun of him, but the RW will pass that off as jokes but they KNOW he meant what he said about Bush.

27. Mar Adentro, which won for Best Foreign Language Film, is also about the same topic as Million Dollar Baby. See reason #3 and reason #4