I do think it was deliberate. Nobody ‘acted’ right tonight. There was no spontaneity, suspense, expectancy, a sign the fix was in.
Why? To make up for last year’s racist white wins, which Kimmel mentioned at the very beginning.
#oscarssoblack
Now it’s even.
I guess next year will be #oscarssotrans
If they show the actual footage, I think you would see Warren looking puzzled as to why the envelope was already opened? I think he was trying to process that something was wrong, and Faye made some remark to Warren and reached for the envelope herself....
Any Oscar a nonwhite person wins will be cheapened by last year’s outcry. It may have already begun.