Awards Season 2009

[Zot!]

I wish Mr. Sausage would use the proper Canadian vernacular, eh?

[HistoryProf]

I agree with History Prof, frankly. If Meryl Streep tended to say "wiff" instead of "with" (in person rather than in performance, naturaly) would it be excused as "dialect"? It's just as annoying when a southerner says "nayow" instead of "now". It's not racist to point this out; maybe it's classist, but since class is the real issue no one ever wants to touch that.

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This thread is so, so terrible. Congratulations, everyone: we've managed to create something less tolerable than the awards ceremony itself.

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I take full responsibility for my contributions to said ruination, but if it please the court, please note in the record that I had significant help!

[HistoryProf]

I wish Mr. Sausage would use the proper Canadian vernacular, eh?

its all aboot syntax!

[HistoryProf]

What is the point of wilful misunderstandings? It should be obvious that, like Mo'nique, "others" meant people at the academy awards.

and what is the point of protecting the honor of people who don't give a shit about you or I? It's a silly thing to give someone crap for on a message board. It's so silly, I honestly can't believe it actually happened or that anyone would pretend to actually be "offended" by it.

[Matt]

and what is the point of protecting the honor of people who don't give a shit about you or I?

I dunno, maybe because that's what decent human beings do?

[swo17]

Isn't awards season officially over now? Can we just put this thread out of its misery already?

[zedz]

Isn't awards season officially over now? Can we just put this thread out of its misery already?

You got sumfin gainst trainwrecks, swo? You trainwreckist or sumfin? Betcha dun even watch Da Genral to da end.

[aox]

Have we ever had to close an Awards Season thread before?

[foofighters7]

was Michael Haneke actually at the Awards? I never seen if he was present or not.

I would have liked to see his reaction upon hearing the winner.

I pictured the whole 'Best Foreign Language Film' award presentation culminating with a 'Zoolander' moment.

[Murdoch]

I am the last post.

[starmanof51]

And what is with that apostrophe in her name - Mo'Nique? Is she trying, by dialect, to request additional Nique? Where I come from, the name is Monique. I'm not buying the apostrophe. Nope. As my mentor Bill O'Reilly would say "I'm not buying it."

I do applaud her praise of the voters for ignoring politics and going with quality, because as is obvious to her, she was far and away most deserving, and any other outcome would have been naked politics. Also, I applaud that the balance of her speech was all about politics.

Also, I'm boycotting her next movie, whatever it is. But if she hosts another season of VH-1's "Charm School", I will likely catch an episode or two.

Also, trainwrecks!

[Murdoch]

I am the last post.

Damn, I thought that would work.

[starmanof51]

I am the last post.

Damn, I thought that would work.

Sorry dude, I already had one going.

Try again maybe?

[Mr Sausage]

I find it incredible that when I go out of my way to talk reasonably and intelligently about the use of language and how one should understand other people's use of legitimate language forms, I'm the one that gets called silly--and in a thread where members have taken to calling female actors "bitches" and whining for pages when someone's pronounciation is not the same as their's.
This, apparently, is the height of seriousness I should have been aspiring to!

You better believe this thread's getting locked.