Who will say something about gun control at the Oscars?

[malaise]

What do you think DUers

[JI7]

1. i wonder if lincoln would have supported gun control

[MichiganVote]

2. Paul Simon if he's there. DeNiro maybe.

[malaise]

5. Yes he was close to a Sandy Hook victim

but I doubt that he is there

[SayWut]

7. DeNiro; you mean Robert DeNiro, the actor?

The one with a rare, coveted, prohibitively expensive NYC CCW license?
Or, the Robert DeNiro that sweeps floors or delivers pizzas for a living?

[JaneyVee]

3. Seth McFarlane

[malaise]

4. Probably

Good pick

[SayWut]

6. Quentin Tarantino or Samual L. Jackson

Their movies have always had a nice touchy-feely, "lets talk things over rather than resorting to violence" message.

[JVS]

11. "Getting to Yes" for when you absolutely, positively, have...

to come to an agreement with every motherfucker in the room.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

8. Who, if anyone, will be the first to use the magic letters "NRA"?

[MadHound]

9. In an industry that makes big bucks off of depicting big guns and massive gun violence?

Not a soul.

[oberliner]

10. The irony of this question is staggering

Have you seen any of the nominated movies?

[Bjorn Against]

12. I saw most of the nominated films

Argo portrays an unarmed hostage rescue, Lincoln focuses far more on legislation than it does guns, Silver Linings Playbook does not have any guns at all, Beasts of the Southern Wild only had one scene with a gun being shot in the air in a non threatening way but aside from that was gun free, Life of Pi did not have any guns, Les Miserables had a couple brief scenes of gun violence but it in no way glorified it, I have not seen Amour but from the trailer it sure does not appear to be the type of movie I would expect to see a shoot out in.

That leaves Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty as the only two Best Picture nominees that really glorify guns. I will give you that Hollywood in general glorifies guns, but that does not mean all the movies nominated this year are gun movies and if you suggest otherwise it probably means you have not seen the movies that you suggest others should see.

[oberliner]

13. Try Django Unchained

It's already picked up an award.

[Bjorn Against]

14. I mentioned that one, but no one is expecting Tarantino to be the one to speak out

Most of the Best Picture nominees were not centered on guns and that is the fact. Django Unchained is not representative of all the movies that were nominated.

[oberliner]

18. It just would seem hypocritical with that movie being honored

That was my point.

[Bjorn Against]

19. Honored by whom?

Certainly not everyone in that room was a fan of Django Unchained. Don't pretend that everyone in that room is a hypocrite just because a violent movie was nominated.

[HiPointDem]

15. was it no one?

[malaise]

16. I didn't see the entire ceremony but I didn't hear anyone n/t

[HiPointDem]

17. i just saw the end but i didn't either

[slackmaster]

20. I think potato