OscarsSuchaBummer

Hugely disappointing to not see Sylvester Stallone get the best supporting actor award. I was really looking forward to his speech and the full circle arc of his career Rocky Balboa. Has any actor been nominated for a best actor part and then gotten a second nomination (best or supporting categories) for the very same character? Certainly not forty years apart!

I always thought Creed and Stallone's nomination were the unspoken foundation of the #OscarsSoWhite protest in that the deserving Michael B. Jordan didn't get a nomination but Sly did. The fact that Creed wasn't nominated added insult to injury. I hope Sly's defeat wasn't prompted by the Oscars' protest but I have a sinking feeling it was exactly that reaction from the Academy's voters. What a shame.

Speaking of shame, how ironic that the protest movement against the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations was itself so lacking in diversity? Chris Rock was hysterical and completely on point in his withering critique. But the protest was #OscarsSoWhite - not #OscarsNotBlackEnough. To hear Rock tell it from the stage, the problem was not enough African-american representation in movies and in the nominations. He completely left out Hispanics and Asians as similarly - and in many cases - even more excluded from Hollywood movies. Highlighting this shocking blindspot was his stereotypical joke about Asians that was made even more awkward and offensive by bringing out Asian children to be the butt of the joke. Talk about awkward and insensitive.