Chris Rocks monologue wasnt the only part of Sundays Academy Awards ceremony that took aim at the #OscarsSoWhite controversy he also starred in a number of different comedy sketches that mocked the lack of diversity among the nominees. The most memorable of those bits followed Rock to a multiplex straight outside of Compton (in Los AngelesCompton-adjacent neighborhood of Baldwin Hills, to be precise), where he interviewed a number of black moviegoers and one very excited white guy about their thoughts on this years awards.
Did the nominations make you want to go out and smack a white guy? the tuxedo-clad Oscars host asked one patron he caught coming out of the theater. Do you think Trumbo should have been a bigger hit? he asked another, prompting the inspired reply of What? (In fairness, thats the same answer that most people would give when asked about the little-seen Bryan Cranston vehicle). When one older gentleman told Rock that his favorite movie of all time is Superfly, it drove the point home better than any number of well-meaning speeches ever could: This country is a much more colorful place than the Academy Awards might lead the world to believe.
But the best of the bit was saved for last, as Rock asked a woman what her favorite white movie of 2015 was. The lady mulled it over for a second before coming up with a truly unexpected response: By the Sea, with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Rock didnt miss a beat: Wow, not even they would say that.
Watch highlights from Chris Rocks opening monologue from the 88th Academy Awards.
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