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Think YOUR job is difficult? Hey, there's a guy in Hollywood who has to hand the right envelope to the right person at the right time.
Oh, wait. That sounds really easy—yet it got screwed up.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are about to announce best picture, the culmination of entertainment's biggest awards show. Beatty opens a red envelope and looks at the card inside, giving a double-take. He looks inside the envelope to see if there's anything else there.
BEATTY: "The Academy Award..."
He pauses, looks at the envelope again.
BEATTY: "For best picture..."
He pauses again and looks offstage, then hands the envelope to Dunaway, who gives it a quick glance.
DUNAWAY: "La La Land."
The audience applauds, as the cast, crew, and producers of "La La Land" take the stage to accept what many had anticipated, the coveted honor of best picture. Producers Jason Horowitz and Marc Platt give speeches, but something seems amiss as Platt speaks. There's commotion among the people standing behind him as a man wearing headphones appears and checks red envelopes being held by producers.
[...] HOROWITZ: "There's a mistake. 'Moonlight', you guys won best picture. This is not a joke."
PLATT: "This is not a joke. I'm afraid they read the wrong thing."
[...] [Oscars host Jimmy] KIMMEL: "Guys. This is very unfortunate what happened. Personally, I blame Steve Harvey for this."
[...] KIMMEL: "Warren, what did you do?"
BEATTY: "I want to tell you what happened. I opened the envelope and it said 'Emma Stone, La La Land'. That's why I took such a long look at Faye and you. I wasn't trying to be funny."
takyon: 89th Academy Awards
(Score: 2) by zocalo on Monday February 27 2017, @07:58PM (2 children)
While the other (correct one) read:
Clearly Beatty was under a lot of pressure and Dunaway didn't really even look at the card before reading the movie name, but it's possible they *could* have noticed that PWC had screwed up and simply said something about appearing to have the one card and made a joke of it while waiting for it to be checked and sorted out. Not ideal, but still better than what actually happened.
UNIX? They're not even circumcised! Savages!
(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Monday February 27 2017, @08:58PM (1 child)
they *could* have noticed that PWC had screwed up and simply said something about appearing to have the one card and made a joke of it while waiting for it to be checked and sorted out. Not ideal, but still better than what actually happened.
Perhaps not ideal, but so close to ideal that it would have made no noticeable difference...
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday February 28 2017, @08:44AM
People will react the damndest ways to unrehearsed situations.
Ever seen the reels of bloopers even experienced actors do?
Except this one went live.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]