ClayKavalier
Banned
Kimmel made it more awkward than it already was to me. I get he was trying to defuse the situation but dumb jokes weren't the situation needed. I more straightforward "We're terribly sorry for this unfortunate mixup, but Moonlight is the rightful winner" would have been better.
All in all though I don't think you can read too much into what happened. It was a colossal fuckup that took everyone by surprise. It's easy to read stuff into it and critique how the people involved acted, but in the moment it was a bunch of shocked people rolling with their gut instincts in reaction to something they never would have suspected could happen.
It does suck that the Moonlight people gave their speeches among the shock and confusion though. Also, I don't have anything to back this up but it felt to me like the La La Land people got more speaking time during the confusion than the Moonlight people did after the situation was cleared up.
As far as Kimmel's response being indicative of institutional racism, I honestly don't think he would have behaved any differently if the situation were reversed and Moonlight was initially given an award meant for La La Land. The dumb "I think you guys should get one too!" jokes would have been more or less the same.
All in all though I don't think you can read too much into what happened. It was a colossal fuckup that took everyone by surprise. It's easy to read stuff into it and critique how the people involved acted, but in the moment it was a bunch of shocked people rolling with their gut instincts in reaction to something they never would have suspected could happen.
It does suck that the Moonlight people gave their speeches among the shock and confusion though. Also, I don't have anything to back this up but it felt to me like the La La Land people got more speaking time during the confusion than the Moonlight people did after the situation was cleared up.
As far as Kimmel's response being indicative of institutional racism, I honestly don't think he would have behaved any differently if the situation were reversed and Moonlight was initially given an award meant for La La Land. The dumb "I think you guys should get one too!" jokes would have been more or less the same.