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88th Oscars – The Academy Awards

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Feb 2016

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Returning host Chris Rock addresses the #OscarsSoWhite controversy with cutting insight and a cathartic warmth during one of the strongest Oscars ceremonies in years.

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Willa Paskin

Slate

11/06/2019

Rock proceeded to raise the issue of #OscarsSoWhite throughout the night in funny, provoking, and lively ways. He ensured that the members of the academy stayed on the hook, instead of helping them get off of it.

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Jack Mirkinson

Salon.com

11/06/2019

Without concrete proof that both the show and the film industry are truly changing, all the Chris Rock jokes in the world are worth next to nothing.

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

11/06/2019

Let's be clear about the fact that Rock's role on Sunday night was to make everything seem OK, and to reassure viewers that whatever unpleasantness they may have heard about on social media, the Hollywood state of the union was A-OK.

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Kristi Turnquist

Oregonian

11/06/2019

Not surprisingly for a show that lasted three-and-a-half hours, the 2016 Oscars didn't exactly whiz by, though there were a few surprises, and enough highlights to keep it from falling off the cliff into tedium.

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Liz Raftery

TV Guide

11/06/2019

While it wasn't the worst Oscars hosting performance in recent memory -- remember Neil Patrick Harris' box, anyone? -- it felt like a missed opportunity, to say the least.

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Network: ABC
Genre: Special Interest
Release Date: Feb 28, 2016

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