Somebody else made that point and I can see that. That doesn't explain the dismissiveness in his voice when he says the other two names, though.

No, sorry, you said that their names are hard to remember. My point still stands.

And I still don't get what point you were trying to make. That people have different opinions for movies? I never made it seem like the film was objectively perfect. Everything I said about the movie used opinion language, it was obviously my opinion.

The dismissiveness sounds pretty deliberate to me, which is why I said specifically 'racism in his acceptance speech.' I didn't call him a racist. Saying that there is racism in his acceptance speech after hearing his dismissive tone with both of the black nominees is not a stretch and I don't think that the needs to…

The fact that somebody has never said anything racist in the past does not take away from the fact that the two men he was dismissive with were both black. That seems pretty coincidental to me. If it were just one of them I wouldn't be as suspicious but both of them makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I…

I never said he didn't, I was reacting to your argument. Your argument was that their names were hard to pronounce but as you said, he did say them and he said them incredibly dismissively. Like an afterthought, like he didn't even want to. The fact that they are both black gives me pause, yes.

Actually, Leo did thank his co stars, but these guys weren't McConnaughey's co stars, they were co nominees in part of a group where he singled out two of them and then begrudgingly acknowledged the other two as quickly and dismissively as possible. What did the other two have in common? It's a possible symptom of a…

Well, if you had known for months that these two men where nominees in your category, you might want to acquaint yourself with their names. The fact that these two were nominees was not sprung on the guy, he has known for a while that these might be names that he has to say if he won.

You do realize that people can be racist against black people but not against South Americans, right? Or conversely, it is not unheard of at all for racist men to marry a WOC because she is "one of the good ones" or so he can control her. I am not saying that McConnaughey is either one of these. I don't even know if…

I totally get being busy but keep in mind that you have an excellent, in my opinion, move waiting for you when you get the chance to see it.

That's true and I see that point. Somebody else pointed out that it might have been a peer thing. That doesn't excuse how quickly and dismissively he said their names, though. Could be he was drunk and just forgot until the last second or it could be that he was drunk and his true colors came out. The fact that he was…

Or, he was drunk and his true colors came out. Both are possible and it shouldn't be just tossed out and automatically accepted. It shouldn't be hailed as the most racist thing in the world, either. It should, at least, be discussed because it wasn't just one of the black actors nominated, it was both.

Nasty and cynical? I don't think so. Speculative? Yes, but also it is something that should be measured and at least discussed. Is it possible that it was just a fumble? Absolutely but it is also possible that he was so drunk that his true colors came out and showed how dismissive he is of minorities in his field.…

Yes, exactly. And don't get me wrong, I really do see your point. I'm not going to boycott McConnaughy from now on or anything like that but I certainly do have my eyes more opened where he is concerned, that's for sure.

I wish I could star this a thousand times.

I mean, it's quite possible that's what it was but it just came off worse than that to me. It just didn't feel right.

Aha, yes that totally makes sense that he would say their first names because they are more his peers than his elders. I can see that, honestly because that would totally be a southern thing. But so would racism, so...I don't know. He has never seemed racist to me but to call on everything you said in your first…

He did give a shout out to everybody who is like his character in the film, so there was at least that.

I think I got argumentative because your post started out as if you had more merit in your opinion because you are in a movie club. "I'm part of a movie club..." isn't a great start. Having said that, I completely understand that not everybody got out of it what I did. That happens with every movie. I guess another…

It's possible but still disrespectful even if it was a mistake. He could have tried to save it using his warm humor towards his fumbling of Ejiofor and Elba's names but he just dismissed them instead. Whether it was out of embarrassment or whatever it was, it was disrespectful.