Personally, I don't find this offensive or misogynistic... Just cringe-worthily unfunny.

Yeah, I think the reaction shots were prearranged, which means that they were ALL had a sense of humor about it. I'm not sure if I do.

Things I believe: I believe that if you can't say "tits", you shouldn't make tit jokes. I'll give it five stars because I want it to stay on the front page so we can discuss the oscars, but this is definition of lowbrow. Maybe, in some kind of hipster logic, that makes it ironic high comedy? Fuck you.

I have mixed feelings about Seth McFarland, but I don't have mixed feelings about Seth McFarland hosting the Oscars. Horrible idea.

It appears pretty obviously staged to me. I mean Charlize Theron has been on Between Two Ferns. She not only has a sense of humor, but one sure as hell more sophisticated than Seth McFarlane's. However, they could be authentic reaction shots to how awful and low-brow (good call) McFarlane's vapid dance numbers are.

If it isn't immediately obvious to you that these are actresses acting, then maybe you lack basic understanding of how these shows work.

Burnov I can't help but notice a pattern of you seeing people getting offended by over-the-top sexism and then getting angry that everyone, male and female alike, is noticing over-the-top sexism.

You're like a Kotaku poster only, in defiance of all time and space, far worse.

Yep, I remember Burnov sticking up for the alien tentacle rape in Duke Nukem Forever. Kotaku posters couldn't even get it up to that shit.

Yes, it was staged. Theron, when she danced... during the time this bit took place, mind you, and all subsequent appearances was wearing a white/silver dress throughout the awards. Reaction shot: black dress, never seen again throughout the awards.

"good natured mockery"

Oh fuck off Burnov

oh yeah Burnov definitely hates women

This would be true if every other verifiable action of Sethy MacSperglord would not point in the direction of "sociopath".

I think that calling McFarland a sociopath was supposed to be a joke, and it's funnier than this.

Billy Crystal probably laughed his ass off.

They *cut* that scene? I know I for a fact I've seen it somewhere. It wasn't as funny as it sounds.

The only cartoon sitcom that's ever managed to make an interseries "jab" work is South Park. Say what you want about their politics, but the Family Guy Manatees and Simpsons Did It were indisputable masterpieces.

They did cut that jab. Then played it everywhere on the news.

Ohhh, OK. I checked Wikipedia; the Marge rape bit is cut from all Fox broadcasts, but it is aired on Adult Swim, and is also included on the DVD. I must have seen it from one of those two sources. All I remember was that the voice acting was terrible, and it ended with Quagmire shooting Maggie.

Leave it to Seth McFartlame to suck all the humor out of murdering a toddler.

But they would have had to sing "we saw your wiener" , which is fucking horrible.

This is what I mean when I say don't make tit jokes if you can't say "tits". For some ridiculous reason, only the stupidest, most childish expressions ("boobs" and "wiener") are permitted on television. When Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake sing about a dick in a box, "dick" is bleeped out, but "wiener" is the common parlance of every sitcom.

How is it less offensive to refer to the penis as a piece of processed meat? How is it less offensive to refer to breasts as a word that means "idiot"? What does it say that these childish and grotesque euphemisms are required, and ordinary casual adult language is restricted?

No surprise there.

Well, I think the real show business nerds are familiar with the deal with the Oscars. The format for awards shows is naturally boring, so people complain about how boring it is, and the people who run it try to fix this by bringing in an "edgy' host, who other people complain about. This has been going on for decades. Years ago, it was David Letterman. Before that, it was Joan Rivers. So they bring back Billy Crystal. I think they should stick with Billy Crystal, until he dies, but I never watch it anyway.

Awards shows are always horrible, a never-ending tension between vulgarity and boredom. Vulgarity won this year? The news is not earth shaking.

yes, we should stick with a nice, sanitary, clean host that everyone can get behind, like the one who did an honest-to-God blackface routine last year

Joan Rivers never hosted. She just did the red carpet. But she would be worlds better than most who have hosted, especially the disaster that was Anne Hathaway and James Franco.