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Oscars Slammed After Toto’s ‘Africa’ Plays as Daniel Kaluuya, H.E.R. Take Stage
breitbart.com ^
| 3/28/2022
| Simon Kent
Posted on 03/28/2022 9:48:17 AM PDT by rktman
The producers behind the 94th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday night have drawn fire from critics who called it “insensitive” to accompany two black presenters as they took the stage at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles with Toto’s “Africa.”
Toto’s “Africa” played as British actor Daniel Kaluuya and singer H.E.R., both of whom claimed Oscars in 2021, strolled into the spotlights to present best supporting actress.
Some argued the 1982 song was a less than stellar choice to introduce two black presenters, the Hollywood Reporter pointed out and others agreed on social media.
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KEYWORDS: 2funny; academyawards; africa; breitbart; chat; danielkaluuya; hollywood; karens; losangeles; nitwits; oscars; oscarssoblack; simonkent; toto; whocares
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To: Dr. Sivana
Yabba Dabba Honeymoon would be my pick.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:11:12 AM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: rktman
Don’t they know that Africa is offensive to African Americans? And so is America.
42
posted on
03/28/2022 10:11:13 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting whose brains are for dinner.)
To: NohSpinZone
I was formulating a way to word that, but you did it just fine!
Well done, FRiend...:)
43
posted on
03/28/2022 10:11:20 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The concept of a "cashless society" is simply a vector for the exercise of tyranny.)
To: God luvs America
Hmmmm. “Jungle Love”? Oh wee oh we oh!
44
posted on
03/28/2022 10:11:22 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: Dr. Sivana
“Bum bum budda bum, baaaa bum bum...”
45
posted on
03/28/2022 10:13:36 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The concept of a "cashless society" is simply a vector for the exercise of tyranny.)
To: rktman
“Little Black Sambo” would have been over the top. But seriously, what are they mad at? It was their party. Their woke industry. It was their quarter put into the juke box.
Now dance.
To: rktman
How about 'Zulu Warrior', the infamous rugby song? THAT would have gone over BIGLY!
To: rktman
They should have played “car wash”.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:16:48 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: rktman
49
posted on
03/28/2022 10:19:21 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: rktman
50
posted on
03/28/2022 10:22:30 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Tophat9000)
To: 1Old Pro
How about the theme from Sanford & Son?
51
posted on
03/28/2022 10:23:39 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: laweeks
Anything to take the focus off what a cluster f this administration is.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:24:31 AM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: rktman
“singer H.E.R”
—
Must also be a trained biologist.
To: God luvs America
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:28:47 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: Whatever Works
That’s right. When any action can trigger feigned offense, just throw up your hands and do what you want.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:43:45 AM PDT
by
I-ambush
(We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
To: rktman
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:44:10 AM PDT
by
cwa78
To: cwa78
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:46:01 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
There is much less biological differences between whites and blacks than there are between men and women, so how does anybody even know what a black person is anyway?
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:52:19 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: dfwgator
John F. Kerry’s wife called herself an African American.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:53:17 AM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Or Otis Day and the Knights’ “Shamma Lamma Ding Dong”.
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posted on
03/28/2022 10:55:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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