And Spike Leeeeeeeeeeeee! Yes. About damn time!

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[HipChick]

1. Yass!!..and 2020. we do the right thing...

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3. Yes we can and yes we will!

[lunasun]

2. I just posted same time, but deleted . Long overdue and awesome acceptance yes!

2020

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5. Sooooo overdue. He spoke with the passion and meaning he brings to his films.

[edhopper]

4. And loved

the Spike and Sam reunion.

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6. Samuel Jackson put extra oomph into that announcement as only he can!

[edhopper]

11. it only needed

a "mother fucker".

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23. Guardian blog says Spike started by saying "DO NOT TURN THE MOTHERFUCKING CLOCK ON,"

so at least he got it in.

[edhopper]

24. love it!

[malaise]

14. Loved when he said the Knicks won

[edhopper]

20. But we need the Knicks to keep losing

so they can get Zion.

[malaise]

22. LOL

Ha

[malaise]

7. Ha

Loving the Oscars tonight

[suffragette]

10. Very much so. Just waiting for Trump to tweet that it's part of the conspiracy against him along

with SNL.

[malaise]

12. Babs just nailed his ass on

truth

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16. Damn. Stepped away to a minute. Tell me what she said.

[malaise]

19. One sentence

“Truth is especially precious these days,”

Standing ovation for John Lewis

[suffragette]

21. Powerful sentence. John Lewis spoke so powerfully. Great to see the standing ovation.

And Cuaron and Malik speaking about being immigrants.

So much to like tonight.

[Laffy Kat]

8. Samuel L. was a happy presenter! nt

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18. Very happy, indeed!

[CottonBear]

9. What happened? N/T

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13. Spike Lee won Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman. Samuel Jackson had the great joy

of announcing the award and said it like I wrote it in the OP, drawing out Spike’s last name.

[frazzled]

27. For the record, the award was for Spike and the three other writers

who could have maybe gotten a few more props. The nomination (and win) was for “writers Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee.”

I realize that an Oscar win (any win, even tho not for best director or picture) was long overdue for Spike, and it was welcomed. But plenty of other amazing directors never won an Oscar, including Alfred freaking Hitchcock. Glen Close has been nominated six times and has never won either.

In the end, Oscars are pretty meaningless. Longevity of one’s work is a much better prize.

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28. I respect what you are saying and overall agree with you.

Still, that moment from Sam Jackson to Spike Lee was a special one.

[CottonBear]

29. Oh, that's fantastic! Spike Lee is an awesome filmmaker.

Now, I have to see Black Klansman. I only saw a few moves this year.

[suffragette]

30. Yes, he is. And the film is well worth watching.

[Blue Owl]

15. K&R

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34. Thanks.

[FakeNoose]

17. At least they can't call this the "Oscars So White"

Love the diversity this year!

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31. It was better for being more inclusive.

[brandnewday2009]

25. Should have won best director and picture too...

Instead of that pretentious crap that won.

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32. I haven't seen that film so I can't really comment on it, but it was great to see Spike win.

[AdamGG]

26. IMO this is like his 5th best screenplay, but it's overdue

Kind of like Scorsese getting his Best Director win for The Departed instead of Taxi Driver/Raging Bull/Goodfellas

[suffragette]

33. He has made so many amazing films. I think this one was good, but yeah, some of his are classics.

[AdamGG]

35. For me this was enjoyable, but not on the same level as...

Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing, Jungle Fever, He Got game, 25th Hour

He didn't even get nominated for directing Malcolm X and it wasn't nominated for best picture, which was crazy.

[suffragette]

36. He did deserve to be nominated for more of his work. I think I may need to rewatch Blackkklansman.

There are many layers to it that speak both to history and the current situation here and globally and Spike Lee is brilliant at exploring these.

In an interview about the film, he said:

I try to hold a mirror up to what’s happening in the world and the truth as best I can, as I see it.

The full interview is well worth watching.
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