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Was the gaffe at the 2017 Oscar ceremony a publicity stunt?
I guess you know what happened ...
it was La La Land, and then it was Moonlight.

So -- was it a publicity stunt?


That's the main question, but you could also use this in-and-out to discuss anything about the gaffe that you'd like to.


(Note -- ASR rating, and Oscar 2017 gaffe discussion only, please! Thanks!)

At: 02-28-17 @ 12:02am
Things like this are bound to happen now that Trump is President! Well, you'd think that nobody could actually make a mistake like that and it not be deliberate, but then they are American... *whistles and walks away before the rotten tomatoes land*

At: 02-28-17 @ 1:41am
Absolutely scripted. Little on TV isn't.

At: 02-28-17 @ 5:07am
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are both too vain to wear their reading glasses and they don't like each other. Not scripted, just selfish and uncaring of others is what I think.

At: 02-28-17 @ 9:23am
I think it was more sinister: a subversive attack on aging Hollywood royalty, making Warren and Faye look like doddering dafties whose myopic eyes couldn't check the details on a card. Ageism. Subtle undermining.

At: 03-04-17 @ 11:43am
Ratings were way down for the Oscars. Almost a week later, people are talking about what happened and not about the movies in question. However, I never thought Warren Beatty was a good enough actor to pull it off.

At: 03-10-17 @ 8:24am
I'm surprised (not really) that people posting here are being so cynical and mean-spirited. Has no one ever made a mistake? It's the human condition. We make mistakes. This one seems well-documented to me, simply a distracted employee of Price Waterhouse.

At: 03-10-17 @ 8:42pm
I know the spin is to blame the non celebrity. I watched it happen live and that's not the way it happened. Beatty was being smug and Dunaway couldn't see what she was trying to read. Rest is media/ academy spin fairy tale.

At: 03-11-17 @ 7:33am
My favorite part was when Beatty was wandering aimlessly around the stage and Denzel Wasington was screaming at them to let the Moonlight producer speak. Priceless.

At: 03-11-17 @ 7:42am
How many have seen the actual movies? Not me, but I'm about to watch Hacksaw Ridge and Manchester By the Sea. My brother didn't enjoy La La Land.

At: 03-22-17 @ 6:12am
Here's the link to the Newsletter I did, partly based on these responses: "For Authors Newsletter (March 22, 2017)Open in new Window.

At: 03-24-17 @ 1:22pm
Who cares? I refuse to watch awards shows. I'm tired of overpaid celebrities who believe they are the center of the universe patting themselves on the back again. They get a paycheck and that's all the glory they need.

At: 03-25-17 @ 8:56pm
WHAT A joke!! All I can say about it! These "actors" are little self- important puppets, pompous asses stand on self- created pedestals looking down their clueless, vain- glorious noses at us. Meryl Streep makes me gag, amongst other things.

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