Did Chris Rock at any point in the evening make a reference to a woman that wasn’t bizarre, mean-spirited or just creepy? (Honestly, I have no idea how his opening monologue got from Jada Pinket-Smith to Rhianna’s panties in a single bound, and am not sure I want to.)

Hated it — because, yeah, calling Hollywood “sorority racist” is a nice way to pull focus from the reality that Hollywood is a white BOY’S club where there’s so many rooms where Rock is much more welcome than any woman, let alone a woman of colour (including the one Chris Rock went out of his way to diss by name).

Just wanted to add that sure, he made not have ignored it in the past - but he certainly loved making fun of other races all while calling for diversity in film.

Because America’s treatment of Asians has been so much better? Like the Chinese slaves who were brought in to build the railroads and mine for gold and precious metals on sites bought by white companies.

I don’t get it. Was that supposed to be funny? And is it just me or did the Oscars actually purposely drag out as many minority actors as they possibly could on such short notice? And the camera kept panning to minorities in the audience all night. It just felt weird and ackward. They dug up Louis Gossett Jr from I…

It was actually really mean. She clearly didn’t get the joke, didn’t understand she was the butt of it. Her statement shows that. And he clearly knew she wouldn’t, and set her up to walk out to stony silence. That’s why she had the nervous giggle.

This is pretty cool! The Girl Scouts could use some fun press that makes them seem cool and showcases that there are lots of girl scouts of color. The Girl Scouts have put in a lot of effort to support troops in traditionally underserved and underfunded schools. I’m a lifelong scout and now troop leader and I really…

I don’t think it landed because he tried to work that long, awkward Obama story into the middle of the joke.

Yeah, that part pissed me off. I turned to my fiance and called BS on that right away, because anytime a woman weears a suit, the “same thing” that ”all the guys are wearing”, her attire is a huge deal to th media.

The Rihanna joke...I didn’t clutch any pearls I just found it a forced & uncomfortable route to take. “Not every joke is sexist!”

I found it annoying how disjointed his monologue seemed and how he only spoke about black people - as if black people are the only ones suffering from discrimination in Hollywood. The last time an Asian Woman won an academy award for acting was in 1957.

Am I the only one who seems to have been disappointed by his monologued? There were a couple huge missteps.

Apparently America consists of only black and white people, no nuances within those groups and no other groups outside the bipolarity. It had its moments but the monologue was lazy and uninspired.

Guys, THIS:

Finally we can give Republican men the ability to carry out their dreams of carrying all the fetuses to term. I can’t wait! I want this to be a requirement for every man who is anti-abortion.

Okay, Greg. We get it. You’re exceedingly competent at your job. You already got your NYT gig, you don’t have to rub it in everyone’s face by reminding us what Deadspin is losing.

Thank you. Let’s be very, very, clear: Bergeronis the hero here. The only hero. And Stout is but one of many villains and dummies here. He and all the other male editors who read this piece of shit and did NOTHING and allowed that article to get out. It was in the world of white men who know everything and when…

Also, an organization needs to have the stomach to allow true discussion and differing opinions. I’ve worked in places where those in charge made it incredibly uncomfortable (and essentially pointless) to voice an opinion that differed from where they wanted the discussion to go.

Having not read the story in question, this quote seems to be the nub of the issue.

When “One hand doesn’t know what the other one is doing”, sometimes it’s a matter of one of the middle fingers saying “Fuck you. I’m in charge”. Stout looks like that middle finger