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Originally posted by DELTAQTE
I think Denzel's speech "two birds with one stone huh?" was a jibe to the academy. They both gave great performances, but has anyone thought that it was overkill?

Whoopie hosts the awards

Tribute to Sidney Poiter and his honorary oscar

Halle Wins

Denzel Wins

Does anyone think that the academy did this to shut us up? Are we going to have to wait another 40 years before we are given this nod again?

Overkill? Never, overkill implies that there has been a glut of African-Americans winning. The whole point of this thread is that there haven't- many talented actors/actresses have been ignored.

Whoopi does not count as an African-American for me. Anyone who thinks blackface is funny is out of my family. Plus, she's hosted before and she's a Hollywood "darling," for whatever that's worth. Plus, she was the first Af-Am woman to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and it was for the same type of award that Hattie McDaniel won HER award for.

Sidney's award was right on time.

Denzel and Halle were awarded to shut us up, and it WILL be another 40 years before Best Actor/Actress nods come our way again. In the meantime, maybe Latinos will get a break. Edward James Olmost deserved multiple Oscars. They'll probably give something to J-Ho, err I mean Lo, but she is mediocre at best. Yeah, Sal's in a militant mood today, listening to Michael Jackson's new one!

As a side note, Halle did mention the Creator in her speech. Someone said only Denzel did, but Halle mentioned "Him." Just an aside.