Oscars 2022

Pretty uneventful

 

Was he right to get up and smack him? Probably not in such a public way, but then if someone had taken the pi** out of Mrs D while she was going through chemo, (women are HYPER sensitive about their hair), I'd 100% have smacked them. Just a shame it wasn't Ricky Gervais making the jokes.

 

James Corden would've been ideal. Such a slappable pr**k.

 

By the way I think it's alopecia not chemo.

 

Who cares?

 

Was it a girly slap or a proper manly punch? I don't think that Will Smith will ever be able to live down the shame if it was a slap.

More interesting was the BBC presenter referring to one of the other winners as a 'queer'. Is 'gay' no longer acceptable? Hard to keep up

 

It is but I can only go with personal experience.

 

Setup?

Smith isn't a small dude and if meant with feeling should have leveled him.

 

The point was made that he wouldn't have openly sworn if it was a set up given his wide box-office appeal.

 

What do you think the Q stands for in LGTBQ+?

Don't even ask about the + ...

 

I think it's 'queer' not 'a queer'...

 

I think the question mark should be a permanent fixture in that acronym.

 

"Questioning" - from my last diversity training.

 

One of the gems from it:

Q "Is this a diverse group and why do you think that is?"
A "Perhaps memebers of the LGBTQ+ and BAME communities have far more sense to spend at least 7 years at university to enter an industry where they're subjected to compulasry cobblers such as this."

 

What does the G stand for then? Is there a difference between 'gay' and 'queer'?

 

Oops! That's me 'cancelled'

 

Pathetic girlie slap followed by tears

I always thought the Q stood for ? as in unsure/bit of anything and everything

 

Seems it can stand for both. Learn something every day on here!

 

I've heard older LGB people feeling very upset at the use of 'Queer' by younger people. It seems a generational thing.

To some gay people it's still very much a slur whilst to others, mostly younger, it's reclaimed.

The best for me is that sometimes it's LGBTQIA+ where the A stands for asexual. That being the case, I should have been part of the community for most of my 20s.

 

Was only a slap, but he delivered it well.

 

Not mine but had to share.

In... west Philadelphia born n raised, Chris Rock decied to diss my wife on one of these days,
I was chillin’ out, maxin out, relaxin’ all cool, ‘Til Chris Rock had me at the Oscar’s actin’ a fool,
This one little guy, who was up to no good, started making jokes I didn't think he should
I gave gave him one little slap and Chris Rock got scared, yelled “get my wife’s name out ya ****in mouth”, there was silence in the air.
I got back up to the stage about 7 or 8 said thanks for the award and to my career “see ya later”
I looked out at the crowd, and my wife with no hair, as I sit at my throne as the prince of dead air.

 

Oh sorry, I misunderstood your original post. My apologies mate.

 

I believe ‘queer’ is used by people to state that the ‘norms’ of ‘gay’ or ‘straight’ don’t apply to them or even for that matter ‘bi’. So basically, not straight, but not pigeonholed either (no that’s not a euphemism).

 

Seems it was serious
I only looked at this thread to see if Zaha had won anything.

 

It's all very confusing

 

The slap was pretty gay to be honest!

 

Yep, between this and people paying money for screenshots of cartoon apes, I have no idea what's going on in the modern world.

 

It's very simple really. When a cis male / cis female / transgender / bigender/ agender / gender fluid / intersex / pan gender / two-spirit loves another cis male / cis female / transgender / bigender/ agender / gender fluid / intersex / pan gender / two-spirit...

 

Does all this mean we can now start using queer again as it's original intent (something is odd or strange)?

 

You sexist pig.

 

State of this thread, it’s like a Dail Mail comments section with better grammar.

 

Daily

 

Nothing for Zaha I'm afraid

 

Yeah, I think this sums it up. Smith's reaction was understandable but probably not the time or place. Rock was a prat for making the joke.

My wife just had to have retina surgery and her eye looks shocking right now. If someone made fun of her appearance I'd probably be inclined to lamp them, so I do understand the reaction.