Julie Delpy trashes Beyonce's Oscars performance
03-21-05, 12:31 PM
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Well, she is french so I don't want to defend her, but I didn't like how much Beyonce was involved in the Oscars either.
I mean come on, couldn't she just sing once and then they get someone else?
Also, the fact that JayZ and Puff Daddy were at the Oscars was a joke.
I mean come on, couldn't she just sing once and then they get someone else?
Also, the fact that JayZ and Puff Daddy were at the Oscars was a joke.
03-21-05, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by RockStrongo
Well, she is french so I don't want to defend her, but I didn't like how much Beyonce was involved in the Oscars either.
I mean come on, couldn't she just sing once and then they get someone else?
Also, the fact that JayZ and Puff Daddy were at the Oscars was a joke.
I mean come on, couldn't she just sing once and then they get someone else?
Also, the fact that JayZ and Puff Daddy were at the Oscars was a joke.
03-21-05, 12:39 PM
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Cygnet - 
Keep in mind, the French are why we don't have british accents.
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It doesn't take much to get the French to surrender.
03-21-05, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by iggystar
And that JayZ and Beyonce's father were in the first row was even more absurd.
Chris Rock was the host, Beyonce was performing almost all the songs, JayZ was pimpin in the front row, Puff Daddy was presenting. Give me a *****ing break.
Im not racist at all, but lets keep the Academy gangsta free. Its not the freaking grammys.
03-21-05, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RockStrongo
Yeah, you could tell that the Academy was trying to pull in the black crowd.
Chris Rock was the host, Beyonce was performing almost all the songs, JayZ was pimpin in the front row, Puff Daddy was presenting. Give me a *****ing break.
Im not racist at all, but lets keep the Academy gangsta free. Its not the freaking grammys.
Chris Rock was the host, Beyonce was performing almost all the songs, JayZ was pimpin in the front row, Puff Daddy was presenting. Give me a *****ing break.
Im not racist at all, but lets keep the Academy gangsta free. Its not the freaking grammys.
03-21-05, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by dick_grayson
what's gangsta about Chris Rock, Beyonce or Puff Daddy?
It just seems like the next step is having rappers invade the academy awards when they really dont have any place there.
Dont get me wrong, I thought Chris Rock did a fine job. Not my favorite, but he did ok.
The whole thing just seemed like a poor attempt to attract the black audience. I bet even his pre-oscar joke about how black men dont watch the oscars was planned.
03-21-05, 01:01 PM
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03-21-05, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RockStrongo
The whole thing just seemed like a poor attempt to attract the black audience. I bet even his pre-oscar joke about how black men dont watch the oscars was planned.
Last edited by dick_grayson; 03-21-05 at 01:05 PM.
03-21-05, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dick_grayson
I agree.....with this part. It was weak and boring and didn't do [hardly] any good. And what's worse is that it's not like much had to be done which could have made the awards a little more multi-cultural. Either way, the awards did so many things wrong, they could learn a lot from this one years pile of crap. They won't though and they'll continue to get it wrong for years to come.
Personally, I do not watch the Oscars for the host, music acts or who is presenting (they can make it more enjoyable though). I watch it for the actual awards. But, I guess those of us who watch it for that reason are few.
03-21-05, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by RockStrongo
Yeah, you could tell that the Academy was trying to pull in the black crowd.
Chris Rock was the host, Beyonce was performing almost all the songs, JayZ was pimpin in the front row, Puff Daddy was presenting. Give me a *****ing break.
Im not racist at all, but lets keep the Academy gangsta free. Its not the freaking grammys.
Chris Rock was the host, Beyonce was performing almost all the songs, JayZ was pimpin in the front row, Puff Daddy was presenting. Give me a *****ing break.
Im not racist at all, but lets keep the Academy gangsta free. Its not the freaking grammys.
As an African-American woman who has been watching the Oscars since I was a kid and attends Oscar parties with all African-American attendees each year (well before the likes of the great Morgan Freeman was nominated) I just don't think it necessary.
I think the front row business was just too much. People who are actually in the movie business should be up there.
Last edited by iggystar; 03-21-05 at 01:44 PM.
03-21-05, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by iggystar
Even more than that it's just not needed. I think they need to make the show interesting to try and cull more viewers period.
As an African-American woman who has been watching the Oscars since I was a kid and attends Oscar parties with all African-American attendees each year (well before the likes of the great Morgan Freeman was nominated) I just don't think it necessary.
I think the front row business was just too much. People who are actually in the movie business should be up there.
As an African-American woman who has been watching the Oscars since I was a kid and attends Oscar parties with all African-American attendees each year (well before the likes of the great Morgan Freeman was nominated) I just don't think it necessary.
I think the front row business was just too much. People who are actually in the movie business should be up there.
Due to the lackluster performance of the top films this year, they obviously panicked and didnt want soft ratings. They tried to boost them and I dont think it worked.
On a side note, I was really glad to see Morgan win this year. He is one of my favorite actors and it was well deserved.
03-22-05, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Hiro11
I agree with her assessment of Beyonce, but "stabbed in the heart"? Jesus F. Christ, the French have got to GET OVER themselves.
I just wanted to see Beyoncé sing in Russian with some Polish midgets but hey...
03-22-05, 09:24 PM
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We speak French where I live and everybody was laughing their asses off when Beyonce sang that one at the Oscar party. To us, it sounded like she had a hot potato in her mouth. So I kind of get what Delpy means. Anyway, like the OP said, that part of the show pretty much always sucks.
07-09-12, 06:14 AM
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Re: Julie Delpy trashes Beyonce's Oscars performance
We speak French where I live and everybody was laughing their asses off when Beyonce sang that one at the Oscar party. To us, it sounded like she had a hot potato in her mouth. So I kind of get what Delpy means. Anyway, like the OP said, that part of the show pretty much always sucks.