As is our practice we polled the team and a few friends shortly after the Oscars to get their takes. We hope you'll answer the same questions in the comments!
OSCAR NIGHT QUESTIONNAIRE Pt 1
- Which moment filled you with the most joy?
- Which moment made you horniest?
- Which speech was your favourite?
- Which gown left you gagging?
Our answers are after the jump...
WHICH MOMENT FILLED YOU WITH THE MOST JOY
Tim Brayton (Alternate Ending): Samuel L. Jackson bursting out laughing before saying Spike Lee's name, and Lee responding by literally jumping on Jackson when he reached the stage. It's so profoundly obvious that the two men are friends and colleagues, and that this is a highlight in both of their lives.
Deborah Lipp: I could watch every Oscar telecast for the rest of my life and not be as joy-filled as I was by seeing Spike Lee leap into Samuel L. Jackson's arms for spontaneous dry-humping.
Lynn Lee: Samuel L. Jackson bellowing Spike Lee's name as he read out the winner for adapted screenplay...closely matched by Spike's jumping into his arms and his little dance after his speech in his gold high tops. This recognition was sooo long overdue, and you could just feel the joy rippling from Jackson to his old friend.
Matthew Rettenmund (Boy Culture): Joy was sparked for me when Spike Lee triumphantly mounted Samuel L. Jackson, mainly because I knew a part of Trump died inside.
Nathaniel R: I'm not sure "joy" exactly describes it but the most I FELT all night, a kind of aching sense of truth with joy threaded through it, was when Regina King, referring to her remarkable career and her mother's influence, said...
I'm an example of what it looks like when support and love is poured into someone."
I teared up, reader, I teared up. Creative careers are so hard -- hell, life is so hard, that someone continually rooting for you can make a profound difference.
Eric Blume: Olivia Colman's win. In my opinion, she gave the year's single best performance, and Emma Stone looking at her saying "OH MY GOD!" was priceless. Plus, Olivia's speech was honest, goofy, funny, touching, and thoughtful. Plus, it would have been truly sad to see The Favourite, the year's boldest and most interesting film, go home empty handed. That it went home with such a big award was an absolute thrill.
Jason Adams: I thought Glenn Close was good in The Wife and I would have been perfectly fine with her winning an Oscar, but would I have temporarily passed out on my couch and immediately started crying the second I regained consciousness like I did when Olivia Colman won? Probably not!
Chris Feil: I'm fond of when living displays of the nominated costumes accompany the Costume Design prize on the telecast, so I was grateful that Melissa McCarthy and Bryan Tyree Henry took matters into their own hands. You guys, SO MANY BUNNIES! Bryan Tyree Henry in Mary Poppins gloves was a sexual experience I shall not soon forget.
Ben Miller: On paper, Brian Tyree Henry and Melissa McCarthy should not work. But, when you have two people who completely understand a joke and commit to it fully, you get comedy gold.
WHICH MOMENT MADE YOU HORNIEST?
Jorge Molina: James McAvoy introducing the sound awards by doing ASMR in his Scottish accent did... a lot of things for me. As did Javier Bardem and Diego Luna introducing their respective segments in Spanish. I'm a sucker for accents, what can I say?
Ginny O'Keefe: Every Adam Driver reaction shot.
Matthew Rettenmund (Boy Culture): My eyes were knocked up by Chris Evans — and they were wearing protection.
Chris Feil: What more is there to say other than "Rachel Weisz wore latex".
Eric Blume: When Bradley Cooper walked around the piano and sat next to Lady Gaga, and they leaned in cheek to cheek for their last chorus of "Shallow," heaven and earth seemed to briefly align. Since Bradley speaks French, I will simply say Le Sigh.
Murtada Elfadl: Bradley Cooper during the performance of “Shallow" When Bradley Cooper got up and went across to sit right next to Lady Gaga while she played the piano. Wow I felt that. Deeply. The nuzzle, the closeness, the talent of both of them radiating so loudly. He looks at her with admiration but also with the same reverence that us gay men hold for only the most talented divas.
Nathaniel R: I was spellbound for the whole of "Shallow" and here are two tweets that say it best for what I was feeling/experiencing:
i think i finally understand heterosexuality pic.twitter.com/txsOxWOSr2
— E. Alex Jung (@e_alexjung) February 25, 2019
(Scene from last night)
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) February 25, 2019
Bradley & Gaga: 🎵
Me: 🤩
My Friend: ....yeah, so they f***ed on that movie. pic.twitter.com/UTOwH7GL63
Deborah Lipp: It will be interesting to see if anyone answers anything but the Bradley
Cooper / Lady Gaga "Shallow" duet. They will be wrong, but interesting.
Lynn Lee: Chadwick Boseman stepping up in that glittery jacket...as Catwoman would say (in Michelle Pfeiffer's sultry purr, of course), "meow." Runner-up: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga gazing into each other's eyes the end of their performance of "Shallow," which made me want to reach for a cigarette (I don't smoke). Even if those two never actually boned, you know they wanted to.
Jason Adams: I wanted to lick that single tear rolling down Yorgos Lanthimos' cheek during Olivia's speech.
WHICH SPEECH WAS YOUR FAVOURITE?
Chris Feil: Period. End of Sentence. continued the tradition of the shorts categories providing some of the most rousing politically motivated speech, but they also gave us a momentary staged reading of 20th Century Women. Say it with me everyone: "menstruation".
Tim Brayton: How could it not be Olivia Colman? Deferring to jokes when she couldn't think of anything to say, blowing a raspberry when the teleprompter told her to wrap up, and ending with a definitive, and somehow exactly perfect, declaration of love to Lady Gaga. It was one of the most natural, organic moments of nervous happiness in Oscar history.
Ben Miller: Two kinds of speeches are the best. First, the rehearsed and ready speeches like the one Ruth Carter gave (her freaking notes matched her dress!!!) and the completely overwhelmed glee like what Olivia Colman presented.
Matthew Rettenmund (Boy Culture): I liked Olivia Colman's speech because it gave props to Glenn Close, something the voters are allergic to doing.
Seán McGovern: A tie between Regina King and Ruth E. Carter; the former for thanking James Baldwin who deserves to be thanked every day; the latter for recognising the significance of her win, but also soaking up the moment and reminding everyone of how her talent got her to that podium.
Jorge Molina: Hannah Beachler's speech after her win for Black Panther's production design made me very emotional, as did Alfonso Cuaron's after the historic first win for Mexico in Best Foreign Language Film. Technically, since the country gets the award, I got that too!
WHICH GOWN LEFT YOU GAGGING?
Jorge Molina: It's scientifically proven that Angela Bassett cannot look bad, no matter what she wears. My God.
Ginny O'Keefe: Selma Blair's gown at the after party. I have a dress with that exact same pattern that I wore to a Bat Mizvah in 6th grade.
Seán McGovern: I think this year was one full of hits - but my favourite was Rachel Weiss's latex, which may also count as my horniest moment.
— Nathaniel Rogers (@nathanielr) February 25, 2019
Nathaniel R: I was obviously going to say "Glenn Close wearing all gold to match her Oscar" but that thrill was thwarted. Alas. But there were a lot of beautiful gowns. My favourite, all told, was Emma Stone's bizarre but fetching waffle cone dress, with 1940s drama in the shoulders (an homage to The Favourite's mix of modern and period?). I also enjoyed Bette Midler, Olivia Colman, Amy Adams, Emilia Clarke, and Hannah Beachler. And, as has been shockingly the case all season, the men really turned it out. It wasn't just Nicholas Hoult and Joe Alwyn that were looking either daring or tasty or both simultaneously.
Matthew Rettenmund (Boy Culture): I dry-heaved more than gagged. Honestly, a year of a lot of ugly threads. But I thought J.Lo was characteristically stunning and Amy Adams decided she would look amazing so that if she won, she'd look amazing in her pictures and if she lost, she'd still be hotter than almost everyone else.
Chris Feil: Billy Porter, we thank you for your service.
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