Oscars 2016: The Good & The (Very) Bad

Last night's Oscars were a very long affair full of some fab moments and some not so fab moments.  After 2. 5 hours, I had to give up and go to bed, but that, of course, is what DVRs were made for.

The Good

~ Spotlight won for best screenplay and best film!  I totally expected the screenplay award, but after the director lost, I thought for sure the film would go to The Revenant.  I'm fairly sure, based on what I've read, that's pretty much what everyone else thought too.  So yay for the Spotlight team on quite the coup!

~ Chris Rock's girl scout cookie bit.  I think he sort of copied Ellen last year with her pizza delivery, however this was really cute.  I have to say, if I had been starving myself for the last week to fit into those gorgeous gowns, I'd be hankering for some thin mints too!

~ Jacob Tremblay - this kid is the cutest kid to hit Hollywood in ages.  Can he just host all the award shows from now on?

~ The real Spotlight team's Twitter feed.  The reporters that were portrayed in Spotlight managed to snag a ticket to the big night - very last row of course, but they were there.  They live tweeted the craziness and the win, and it was utterly adorable. 

~ Jimmy Kimmel's post show - He's not my favorite person, but his show included a sketch with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom.  It all revolved around Donald Trump's rise to power and it was amazing!


The (Very) Bad

~ I agree that Chris Rock was a good choice for host this year.  The exclusion of any people of color in the nominations was going to be a huge focus, as it should have been.  Chris Rock needed to comment on it and he needed to do it well to make the point across and let these diverse voices be heard. That being said, his focus on only the African Americans that were excluded was not what was needed.  What about Hispanic, Asians, Latinos?  What about diversity as a whole? It wasn't a black or white issue, it was the lack of diversity of any kind that was offensive.  

His monologue was good.  He hit the nail on the head with a few of his points.  But then he continued to only hit those points for the rest of the night, making a lot of people in the audience uncomfortable. He then insulted women (calling out the "ask them more" campaign) and the Asian population.  The latter by bringing 3 children on to the stage with him, just to make a joke. All in all, it was a little too much to handle and a little too focused on one particular race.  How is that any different than the Academy only nominating only white artists? Diversity of all kinds is what counts.