http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/25/seth-macfarlane-and-the-oscars-hostile-ugly-sexist-night Comments On: "Seth MacFarlane and the Oscars’ Hostile, Ugly, Sexist Night" by David Schmader en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr.]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:20:35 -0800 The Stranger
Well this is an embarrassment to straight men everywhere. And totally classless. How in the hell did this fly? I feel as shitty about this as I do when Louis CK declares that all straight men are insanely perverted (just because he is)
Posted by i'm pro-science and i vote]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:44:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by are you kidding me?]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:43:45 -0800 The Stranger
The joy, the suspense, the amazing release of seeing an illicit breast. It is strictly the exhilaration of the pre-adolescent male, unconcerned with anything but the parts themselves.

The men in the room know what I am talking about.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:21:36 -0800 The Stranger
If the Academy had asked Robin Williams to host the Oscars, they would be sending the message that they wanted their host to do lots of celebrity impressions. If they'd asked Weird Al Yankovic, they'd be saying that they wanted to see him perform parody songs. Seth MacFarlane is well-known for his misogynist, racist, offensive style of humor. By asking him to host, the Academy was sending the message that this was the kind of awards show they wanted. All Seth did was give them exactly that.
Posted by Xenolan]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:08:26 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by Amanda]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:31:43 -0800 The Stranger
Instead of "We Saw Your Boobs," I heard, "Remember how you thought you were real artists and that being topless because your character would be was legitimate and serious and authentic? FOOLED YOU, YOU STUPID C---S!!"
Posted by DRF]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:44:33 -0800 The Stranger
Oh, look! See, I know this is offensive! Therefore it isn't!

It's a pretty sad attempt to make being a jerk seem like satire. But then, I already know I think he's incapable of genuine satire, so...
Posted by McJulie]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:42:07 -0800 The Stranger
I was in a roomful of middle-aged women laughing at Seth's antics.

When Whoopie Goldberg hosted, after appearing as Elizabeth I, in full makeup, remarked in the next segment, while still trying to get the white makeup off-"Who know it would be so hard getting a virgin of your face." I knew I had herd the funniest joke that will ever be told by an Oscar host. It still stands.
Posted by jimmy]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:33:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:39:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lissa]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:15:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Amanda]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:01:01 -0800 The Stranger easier to just go with your preloaded rant without doing any painful braining in the matter.
Posted by aureolaborealis]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:08:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by wilbur@work]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:55:26 -0800 The Stranger
Ah, I see.
Posted by wilbur@work]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:39:26 -0800 The Stranger
For example, usually when an award winner lauds to a fellow actor/crew member at great length in their acceptance speech, hell - even gesturing towards them in the audience while doing so, you'd expect the camera to turn to that audience member. So often was that ball dropped, especially with the smaller awards

And at one point, out the blue, they turned the camera on Jack Nicholson, who wasn't even slightly germaine to the situation, and even his expression said, "What the fuck are you amateurs doing?"

That said, the sock-puppet Flight skit was priceless.
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:29:32 -0800 The Stranger
Also, thanks for participating in this week's manufactured outrage to make the Oscars more relevant than they actually are. Also, thanks especially for forming opinions based on faulty information. It makes your pearl clutching so much more important.

P.S. I hate having to defend a song that was boring and infantile at worst. And dull at best. But, idiocy is worse than boring ho-hum objectification.
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:22:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sirkowski]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:15:36 -0800 The Stranger
Let's just agree to have Misanthrope decide since he's the "type" to know what makes a well directed movie or host an awards show or win an award that doesn't end in "-ess". Now what's important is, who are you wearing??
Posted by raku]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:09:22 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Amanda]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:18:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:54:44 -0800 The Stranger
They were in on it.
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:50:08 -0800 The Stranger
That would have balanced out the cries of sexism, I would think. Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Ewan MacGregor...um...

Misanthropically, though: The song also reduced men to sex-obsessed horn dogs with the mentality of 7 year olds. But, I guess that reduction is OK and unworthy of comment.
Posted by TheMisanthrope]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:42:50 -0800 The Stranger
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment…

It's even more awful that the movie industry and particularly the Academy Awards are a notoriously white male organization. They don't even try to diversify or respect women or racial minorities except as decoration.
Posted by raku]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:41:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Amanda]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:32:49 -0800 The Stranger