Oscars cock-up

[Harrowby Hall]

Is it not possible that the incorrect announcement of the winner of the Best Film award, was organised by agents from the White House to ensure that unfavourable comments made by recipients about their wonderful, intellectually brilliant, humanitarian President would not be reported?

[floo]

What annoyed me at lunchtime was this silliness got the number one slot on the BBC news, ahead of the much more important child sexual abuse enquiry!

[Robbie]

I saw more on today's lunchtime. Appreciate it was an important issue to those concerned but,come on, not the end of the world. Nobody died unlike in Tunisia.

[Sebastian Toe]

I saw more on today's lunchtime. Appreciate it was an important issue to those concerned but,come on, not the end of the world. Nobody died unlike in Tunisia.

Someone died at the Tunisian Oscars?

[Robbie]

 

[Nearly Sane]

There is always someone with a death threat ready for all circumstances



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39148836

[Maeght]

Amazed that anyone really cares.

[floo]

The Oscars and any other ceremony of that nature are so very unimportant, and frankly very boring, we never watch them.

[Robbie]

Not boring to those involved or those who like film.

[floo]

Whether I liked the film or not, I would still find that sort of thing yawn making.

[Sebastian Toe]

The Oscars and any other ceremony of that nature are so very unimportant, and frankly very boring, we never watch them.

If you never watch them, how do you know?

[Robbie]

I presume that's the royal "we", floo.
You may find it all yawn making, can't say I'm that bothered about watching the ceremony (though I like to know who has won what afterwards if I've heard of them), but such things are important and interesting to many. Certainly important to people in the industry.

[Sebastian Toe]

Certainly important to people in the industry.

But not in Tunisia!?

[Robbie]

 
Maybe if they provided Kerkennaise & Mloukhia sauce for our chips/fries.

[Maeght]

I can understand that people find the ceremonies interesting but why get so upset about a mistake?

[Harrowby Hall]

I can understand that people find the ceremonies interesting but why get so upset about a mistake?

Possibly because - in the first year of Trump - AMPAS appears to have made a deliberate attempt to recognise minority interests and participants in the film industry and, due to a moment of inattentiveness on the part of a hired agency, this was all totally overshadowed by an embarrassing blunder.

The public agenda was shipwrecked.

[Robbie]

I can understand that people find the ceremonies interesting but why get so upset about a mistake?

The organisers like everything to be as near perfect as possible and those shortlisted for award are likely to be disappointed with such a mistake. Still, I agree with you, it's not the end of the world.