Friday, March 01, 2013




Oscars host Seth MacFarlane gets away with a lot of incorrectness

He's been criticized but it seems to have been just a passing storm 

Seth MacFarlane, the Oscars host, has been widely critcised for a series of "offensive and nasty" jokes at the expense of members of his audience.

Perhaps the most controversial joke came as he said only one actor had really got "into Lincoln's head" - John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated the president.  Responding to the boos from the audience, the host said: "150 years and it's still too soon".

MacFarlane also sang a song called "We've seen your boobs" in which he listed a string of actresses in the audience who had appeared topless in films.

In another segment, the host appeared to take a swipe at British singer Adele, saying: "Rex Reed will be out here to review Adele's performance of Skyfall".  Reed, a New York Observer film critic, was at the centre of recent controversy in America when he compared the Bridesmaids actress Melissa McCarthy to a "female hippo".

In a pot shot at Daniel Day-Lewis, the MacFarlane said: "If you bumped into (black actor) Don Cheadle on the studio lot, did you try to free him? How deep does your method go?"

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Um, it's Seth MacFarlane, people. Anyone ever watch his shows? And you chose him to host the Oscars? You got what you asked for.

That said, I watched the entire show, and yes, Seth MacFarlane was himself in all his glory. And yet, what struck me was that despite that, the show came across as being one of the classiest Oscar shows in many, many years. Go figure.

Anonymous said...

The annual gathering of the worlds most boring, shallow, fake, irrelevant, and obnoxious people one can find.

Anonymous said...

The women's attire gets more ridiculous!

Anonymous said...

"Reed, a New York Observer film critic, was at the centre of recent controversy in America when he compared the Bridesmaids actress Melissa McCarthy to a "female hippo"."

She is fat. Please get over it.

Name withheld by request said...

"The annual gathering of the worlds most boring, shallow, fake, irrelevant, and obnoxious people one can find."

Not as bad as the Rethuglican National Convention every four years.

Anonymous said...

It was.funny to see a bunch of self congratulating Hollywood types shaken up a bit.

Anonymous said...

The Oscars...an exercise in mutual masterbation. Nothing more needs to be said.

Bird of Paradise said...

I havnt watched the oscars in years their all rigged