and the Oscar for the best Caucasian goes to.....

[kpete]

:large
https://twitter.com/NerdyWonka/status/556541004795219968
sorry St. Junipero Serra is a bit much for me too.


peace,
kp

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. St. Junipero Serra????

I'm lost...who/what is it?
I mean in terms of the Oscars..I know who the guy was. Used to drive down the road named for him.

[oberliner]

3. Do you not see the image?

The one of the newspaper?

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Oooops....removed Ad-Block. I can see it now...thanks.

Wonder if they have to change the street signs to say "St. Junipero Serra".

[Luminous Animal]

11. And also the subject of a remarkably ugly statue.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

15. I went to Serra High School a few miles from that thing lol

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. Gulp......indeed. n/t

[Warpy]

2. "Selma" is going to do better at the box office now

because more people are going to want to see why movie fans are so angry about seeing the film snubbed so completely.

[ananda]

5. That's what I was thinking.

I understand it's a great film.

Still, being snubbed by the academy was wrong.

[yeoman6987]

6. I don't know, but American Sniper sure is.

I saw it this afternoon and it was excellent. Well deserved Oscar noms. The theater had sold out shows all yesterday and this evening. I was so lucky to get tickets for 2 o'clock showing. We had to sit second row but better then nothing. Good luck to all DUers in getting into the movie. Just be patient cuz American Sniper is a worthwhile watch.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. Too bad Eastwood chose to ignore Kyle's well documented lies

The honorable thing to do would have been to address it head on rather than present Kyle as an heroic icon.

[yeoman6987]

10. Directors always keep negative things out of movie

Chris Kyle did more good then bad...if anything bad at all. I haven't heard anything.

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Ask Jesse Ventura.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/07/29/jesse-ventura-wins-1-8-million-in-damages-against-chris-kyle-slain-navy-seal-sniper/

and other "heroic" lies about himself have been exposed too. Just google it.

[cwydro]

13. Well, Kyle is dead now anyway. nt

[Gormy Cuss]

16. And that doesn't excuse Eastwood lionizing him

without even a passing acknowledgement of the fact that at least three tales of his post-war heroism have been debunked as fabrications.

[cwydro]

18. Agreed.

The whole story s sickening.

[yeoman6987]

19. I don't know about sickening but it was so emotional

This great Sailor who had survived four tours in Afghanistan was murdered in his hometown....sickening indeed. I have never been to a movie where the entire group left very somber and quiet. You still may have a chance to see it tonight if it is not sold out. Good luck.....always tomorrow so don't despair.

[cwydro]

20. No interest.

I've read the stories.

Seem to be a lot of discrepancies.

[yeoman6987]

21. No problem

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!!!

[cwydro]

22. Backatcha!

[butterfly77]

26. I've made sure to tell everyone I know...

to avoid it .No Thanks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Too bad they did not film it in Ala.

When King and his group are shown going to Selma, that is not the Dallas County Courthouse on the screen.
Most of the filming was in Georgia.

The Selma bridge scenes were in Ala. and some scenes in Montgomery.

The courthouse in the early part of the movie is quite similar to another movie courthouse, the one in To Kill a Mockingbird.

[Stellar]

8. I hope no one is placing blame on the people that were nominated.

But then...how do they punish the academy? Is that the point? LOL, I'm confused. Sorry.

[tammywammy]

9. The image made me think the same.

It's not the people nominated's fault that only white people were nominated.

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. is it possible that by accident all the best actors just happened to be Caucasian - Is this

necessarily some racist conspiracy? I don't think there were any Muslim nominees. Was that an intentional slight against Muslims?

[erpowers]

24. David Oyelowo

I have only seen Selma so I cannot say whether or not he truly deserved to be nominated abone the other actors; however, he, in my opinion, gave a great performance. It seemed wor thy of at least an Oscar nomination. I would also say the director of Selma, Ava DuVarney did a good job directories the film. I think she could have been given an Oscar nod.

[butterfly77]

25. They chose him already..

Bradley Cooper their hero..and if he loses they be all over the television and internet shouting about how he was robbed. Why have an Oscar show when they already know the outcome. Oscars,no thanks.