George Clooney's speech

[yesthattom]

He closed with...

And finally I would say that... you know we are a little bit "out of touch" in Hollywood every once in a while. It's probably a good thing. We're the ones that talked about AIDS when it was just being whipstered, we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular, and we bring up subjects... this acadamy, this group of people, gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the back theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this academy, proud to be part of this community, and proud to be "out of touch". Thank you so much for this!

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[tamidon.livejournal.com]

Hattie McDaniel, black woman in Gone With The Wind.

God speech, I hate theones that are laundry lists of thank yous.

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

More and more, I find that listening to George Clooney speak makes me feel proud to have chosen the career that I have chosen. Tonight was a shining example of that.

Liberal, out of touch artist - and proud!

[geeksdoitbetter.livejournal.com]

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/032402/fea_oscars2.shtml

grr

sure, mammie won in 39

then, Sidney Poitier won in 63

and, it was how long until a black person of any gender won again? 2002 (if i'm not mistaken)

out of touch? i'd say

(from the article)
Only six blacks have won acting Oscars since the awards began in 1929, or 2.2 percent of the winners. The only previous year that produced three black nominees for best actor or actress was 1972: Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield for "Sounder" and Diana Ross for "Lady Sings the Blues."

"When it happened in 1972, I bet you someone probably said this is a prelude of better things to come, and we found it hasn't happened again for almost 30 years," said Frank Smith Jr., acting board president of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Touche

[freeko.livejournal.com]

I am so glad they did not nominate any blockbusters that had nothing to say. I am so tired of these mainstream films that any idiot will see. It was the first time in a long time that I remotely liked all 5 nominated films thank god there was no Titanic, Gladiator or Lord of the Fucking Rings. As an elitist I was pleased with this years bunch of Oscar nominated films. About fucking time the academy show some good taste.

[lilbjorn.livejournal.com]

out of touch? i'd say

Ah, but then they followed it up with an award for a song glorifying pimps. What a country!

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Did you see Jon Stewart introduce the tribute to all the movies that hit controversial issues (montage) then afterwords say that after each of those films were premiered, that social issue was completely solved. It was hilarious.

[rakshathewolf.livejournal.com]

We like George, oh yes we do!

[thunder24.livejournal.com]

Best line of the night, that one.

[circesbed.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this. I saw/heard it last night, but missed parts of it because the captionist got lost somewhere in the middle. I thought it was a very thoughtful (in the true meaning of the word) statement.

[circesbed.livejournal.com]

*giggle* LOVE the icon. I just spent a good minute or two giggling at it. A fun way to kick off a Monday morning! :)

[okelle.livejournal.com]

Of particular interest was the way the BBC edited his speech for their sound bite this morning (after I'd already heard it three times, including last night on the program, before I got bored/exasperated and went to bed):

============== BBC edit =====================
And finally I would say that... you know we are a little bit "out of touch" in Hollywood every once in a while. It's probably a good thing. We're the ones that talked about AIDS when it was just being whipstered, we talked about civil rights when it wasn't really popular, and [...] I'm proud to be a part of this academy, proud to be part of this community, and proud to be "out of touch". Thank you so much for this!

============== BBC edit =====================

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

Steak away, I can't even remember where I got it

[circesbed.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I peeked in at your User's Info page. When I was younger, I often fantasized about studying at the CIA. Ah well, maybe in the next life. :)

At any rate, nice to "meet" you!