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The Oscars! I very rarely make it through the entire show.Its long and tedious. I feel like I’m working.Plus a lot of those categories feel made up to me. I’m sorry if that’s mean.Except I’m really not.

Anyway I waited until the end of the day because the day after is when you hear the most interesting stuff.AND I wanted to see Oprah’s Oscar party show.That ish is always good because the celebs are usually all tired and hung over.Then they’re with Oprah so they’ll answer anything.Its great.

But on to the parts that I was interested in. There weren’t many. I’ll say off tops that I knew Gabby(I can call her that because in my head we’re best friends) wasn’t about to win that Oscar.Not that she didn’t do a great job.Just that I knew Monique was going to win and I’d be smoking some of the finest kush on the planet(not that I do that) if I thought they were going to let TWO black women win anything over there at the Academy(silly people thinking that HA!). I do think that Gabby may have been the most drastically different from her character. For a girl so obviously bubbly she brought that hurt to life.

But who won?Sandra Bullock.I love Sandra Bullock. I really do.And I really liked “Blind Side” surprisingly. Usually I’m not for that “theres no Black problem that a nice white family can’t fix” kind of story. But it wasn’t that bad a story and Bullock was REALLY good in it. I do love that this was a different type of character than we’ve seen her play.

I could sit and compare/contrast all night but it won’t take that Oscar off Bullock’s mantle.Nor should it. She worked just like everyone else and she earned it. I hate when people down talk someone who was given an award.She didn’t make them give it to her.She just tried for it.She should not be made to feel bad when she should be celebrating such a huge accomplishment. Plus I hope this isn’t the last we hear from Gabby.Well the last y’all hear.She and I talk all the time…in my head.Or whatever.

On to Monique.She killed that part in “Precious”. I have my own laundry list of issues with that movie but Monique isn’t on it.The character is. But Monique played it so well that Mary Jones is a separate individual to me. Mary Jones scares me. The kind of fear that makes me shake with anger and get all red in the face. Monique PLAYED that.I don’t know where you even look for the kind of demon it takes to be a woman like Mary Jones and not take it home with you.

Did you see her swing that skillet?! Ooooooooohhhhhhhh! I couldn’t take it.

The real beauty,for the hardcore nerds out there, is the way Monique dressed. Ever hear the name Hattie McDaniel?You know the first black woman to win an Oscar.IN the Best Supporting Actress category?Yea…she wore a blue dress.And a flower in her hair that night in 1939.

Know your history people.McDaniel was opening doors that she wouldn’t even be around to walk through. Even with all that she took working in Hollywood in those days there have only been… four other black women to win an Oscar since.Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry,Jennifer Hudson, and now Monique. Thats it. I see a problem there but I’m trying to keep it light.Just google black actresses nominated for Oscars and see who on that list deserved it and went home empty handed.

Oh yea…I know I should say something about t Kanye/Lil Mama incident of the night.But really there is no point. Want to know why?Ask me why….because it was a BLACK man and a WHITE woman. Oh this time it was in reverse so no one wants to talk about it. Kanye is still getting side eyed and no one is talking about the crazy chick who looks like ol’ girl from Facts of Life rushing the stage. I’m just going to throw it out there that it was bogus.You can call me racially sensitive if you want to.Go ahead.All I know is that the next time I see a white person.ANY white person accepting an award, I’m interrupting it. All types of disrespectful.

*grabs mic* “Hey I know you’re white and all and I’m real happy for you about that,and I’mma let you finish…BUT black people are awesome!And,AND we can dance and keep the beat at the same time!Suck on THAT!!!”  *drops mic*

It’ll probably just make them more famous. Meanwhile 24 hours later no one even knows this dude’s name.Its Roger Ross Williams btw