The Oscars Fall Out

[mondyboy]

Last night Jules and I had fellow Shooting the Poo podcasters, Mitch and Dave (and Emma), over to watch the Oscars. (Mostly in fast forward).*

Because Jules and I and the rest of us were on a social media blackout we weren’t aware of the numerous controversies that erupted following the Oscars. I’m not going to repeat what others have said** but

Comments

[vodkandlime]

This sums up all of my feelings about the Onion thing:

1) It's clear the intent was straight irony, because it *should* be true that Quvenzhané Wallis is so clearly adorable that saying otherwise is a joke, like saying, "Man, that Al Gore needs to start caring about the enviroment."

2) Sadly, the author clearly didn't realize that in our sexist and racist environment, the adorableness of Quvenzhané Wallis is, in fact, controversial and a lot of people actually do deride her.

3) The joke was made assuming one context that wasn't true, and upon realizing this, it was retracted and apologized for. End of story. This isn't hard to understand. We've all said things we thought were clear irony only to find out otherwise. It happens.

[mondyboy]

I accept all that. You've explained what was possibly going through the tweeters mind. But it still stuns me that someone at The Onion thought this was a good idea. Given they're all about the satire and parody I'd like to think that The Onion would be more in touch with the current sexist / racist environment.

[benpayne]

The day somebody has to apologise for calling a small child a cunt is the day I don't know what right and wrong mean anymore...

[mondyboy]

That's a joke... yeah?