Posted on 01/25/2016 8:29:00 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Academy Awards producer Reginald Hudlin says host Chris Rock is hard at work rewriting his material for next month's Oscar show.
Hudlin told "Entertainment Tonight" on Saturday that Rock is eager to host the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28, even as a few black celebrities have decided not to attend the show for its lack of diversity.
Hudlin said Rock had written a draft for the show, but threw it out and started anew as "things got a little provocative and exciting."
He said he expects Rock to make jokes about the OscarsSoWhite hashtag, and that the film academy welcomes such humor.
Hudlin said he's confident Rock's material "will deliver something that people will be talking about for weeks."
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Ah gawd.
All about ratings. Will not watch or click.
There are Black Actors and there are ....
Ferguson and Baltimore will be joined by cities all over the country.
All leading up the election, of course.
If there is one.
Got that right.
I’m going to use my white privilege, and not watch the Oscars.
I’m seeing very low ratings for this show...
It would be painful to watch, given the hatefest. I wonder how many people will simply leave the Academy.
If he is going to dis the Academy for being racist then he needs to boycott otherwise he is being a hypocrite.
Affirmative Action for the Hollywood crowd. Who would have anticipated this. Every Black actor who wins will be part of the proscribed quota.
Does’t the NAACP give out awards of some kind to Black Folks only?
This is the natural trickle-down of the ‘Participant’ Sports awards.
An Oscar and 5 bucks will get you a cup of Starbucks.
Now, we have to do something about that gold color of the statuette...
At least the LBGTQP crowd is well represented at the Oscars.
Not sure what the “P” means. Saw it on a University’s help-wanted ad.
Peculiar?
I wonder if anyone has the guts or moral fiber to stand up and walk out if he starts that kind of BS?
Blacks don’t watch that show. Have the Rev or Jessie host it, guess this hack snl former is one of them.
P- might be polyamorous? Multiple plugs and outlets in the house.
Yep. Last time I watched that junk was probably over 40 years ago.
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