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(25,485 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)2020
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(12,232 posts)edhopper
(33,576 posts)the Spike and Sam reunion.
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(12,232 posts)edhopper
(33,576 posts)a "mother fucker".
suffragette
(12,232 posts)so at least he got it in.
edhopper
(33,576 posts)malaise
(268,993 posts)edhopper
(33,576 posts)so they can get Zion.
Ha
malaise
(268,993 posts)Loving the Oscars tonight
suffragette
(12,232 posts)with SNL.
malaise
(268,993 posts)truth
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(12,232 posts)malaise
(268,993 posts)Truth is especially precious these days,
Standing ovation for John Lewis
suffragette
(12,232 posts)And Cuaron and Malik speaking about being immigrants.
So much to like tonight.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)CottonBear
(21,596 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)of announcing the award and said it like I wrote it in the OP, drawing out Spikes last name.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)who could have maybe gotten a few more props. The nomination (and win) was for writers Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee.
I realize that an Oscar win (any win, even tho not for best director or picture) was long overdue for Spike, and it was welcomed. But plenty of other amazing directors never won an Oscar, including Alfred freaking Hitchcock. Glen Close has been nominated six times and has never won either.
In the end, Oscars are pretty meaningless. Longevity of ones work is a much better prize.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Still, that moment from Sam Jackson to Spike Lee was a special one.
CottonBear
(21,596 posts)Now, I have to see Black Klansman. I only saw a few moves this year.
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(12,232 posts)Blue Owl
(50,361 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Love the diversity this year!
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(12,232 posts)brandnewday2009
(287 posts)Instead of that pretentious crap that won.
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(12,232 posts)AdamGG
(1,291 posts)Kind of like Scorsese getting his Best Director win for The Departed instead of Taxi Driver/Raging Bull/Goodfellas
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(12,232 posts)AdamGG
(1,291 posts)Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, He Got game, 25th Hour
He didn't even get nominated for directing Malcolm X and it wasn't nominated for best picture, which was crazy.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)There are many layers to it that speak both to history and the current situation here and globally and Spike Lee is brilliant at exploring these.
In an interview about the film, he said:
I try to hold a mirror up to whats happening in the world and the truth as best I can, as I see it.
The full interview is well worth watching.
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