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"What's not to like about James Franco and Seth Rogen's Beavis and Butthead routine, slobbed on the couch in front of this year's contenders? Their giggling and guffawing at The Reader is somehow more damning (and more exposing of the film's overweening pomposity) than a thousand bad reviews." -- the Guardian's Xan Brooks during an Oscar-show live blog.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 23, 2009 at 8:09 AM

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Josh Massey says ...

I thought one of the night's biggest laughs was Jackman's sci-fi Reader dance at the beginning, claiming he hadn't yet seen the film.

Posted by Josh Massey at February 23, 2009 8:14 AM

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PCP_Patriots says ...

Did others, after watching the funny bit with Franco and Rogan and that other guy (not an actor or director, we forget you already) feel a cringe since wasn't the Oscar's once a classy show and a family event? Now it is a pathetic sitcom or a comedy film that should be left for the theaters!

Posted by PCP_Patriots at February 23, 2009 9:04 AM

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Sabina E says ...

Um, it was pretty classy, PCP Patriots, what are you talking about? I didn't see any boobs or sex onstage.

Posted by Sabina E at February 23, 2009 9:25 AM

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PCP_Patriots says ...

Talking about young boys having sex with Nazis kind of made my mouth drop. Funny stuff for a comedy at the theaters, but definately not classy and definately not family.

Posted by PCP_Patriots at February 23, 2009 9:33 AM

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DarthCorleone says ...

PCP >> That was part of the subject matter of the film. I'll take open discussion of a Best Picture nominee in an artists' forum over catering to some minuscule juvenile percentage of the home audience that refuses to acknowledge that - *GASP* - some Oscar-nominated films are rated R and have sex and violence in them. Seriously - when has the Academy Awards ever been a "family" event? Maybe that was before my time.

And it was Janusz Kaminski, just so you know. He's one of the best DPs in the business.

Posted by DarthCorleone at February 23, 2009 10:07 AM

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VoiceOfReason says ...

When Franco announced the winner and messed up the title and Rogan burst into laughter... That was the best Jr High moment of the night.

Posted by VoiceOfReason at February 23, 2009 10:20 AM

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PCP_Patriots says ...

DarthCorleone, the Janusz Kaminski joke I did was, well, I guess not too funny. :-)

anyways, point taken, have not seen The Reader so I didn't get the connection of the joke to the movie.

But my only point was that it probably wasn't something for the kiddies (i.e. primetime television ... though to be honest I don't watch the sitcoms and such so maybe it is in line with that).

Posted by PCP_Patriots at February 23, 2009 10:20 AM

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