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"If they nominated hosts, I
wouldn't even get this job," he
said. "You'd be watching Neil
Patrick Harris right now."
Noting the lack of black
nominees through most of Oscar
history, he pointed out that in the
'60s, "black people did not
protest because we had real
things to protest at the time. We
were too busy being raped and
lynched to worry about best
cinematography."
And "In Memoriam," the yearly
segment of people who had
passed away in the previous year,
would get an addition, Rock said.
"In the In Memoriam package,
it's just going to be black people
shot by the cops on the way to
the movies."
Some of his lines earned gasps
from the audience, and the New
York Daily News believed he
had gone too far.
A look at Monday's front page:
CHRIS WENT TOO FAR @ShaunKing: Lynching jokes
appalling https://t.co/IgJNrlPNsc
pic.twitter.com/ZnczwbT4Eh
JF mag!
— New York Daily News
(@NYDailyNews) February 29,
2016
But his stint appeared to have
gone well overall.
Rock went back to the Magic
Johnson Theaters in Compton to
ask African-American
moviegoers about the year's
nominated films. Almost none of
the patrons had seen them.
And he even helped his daughter
sell Girl Scout cookies.
Thanks @oliviawilde and @chris
rock's
daughter #TheOscars pic.twitter.
com/NIxGilxnQU
Beating the bear
In the other major awards, Brie
Larson won best actress for her
performance in "Room," and
Alicia Vikander won best
supporting actress for her work
in "The Danish Girl."
"Inside Out" won best animated
feature.
In recent weeks, it appeared that
"The Revenant" would top them
all. The film featured gripping
photography and DiCaprio's