{"id":287949,"date":"2020-02-09T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1121238"},"modified":"2020-02-09T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T01:25:22","slug":"chris-rock-and-steve-martin-kick-off-the-oscars-with-a-hilarious-monologue-that-spared-no-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/chris-rock-and-steve-martin-kick-off-the-oscars-with-a-hilarious-monologue-that-spared-no-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Rock and Steve Martin Kick Off the Oscars With a Hilarious Monologue That Spared No One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nobody was safe from that opening monologue!<\/p>\n

After Janelle Mon\u00e1e<\/a><\/strong>‘s insanely fun opening medley at the 2020 Oscars<\/a>, Chris Rock<\/a><\/strong>and Steve Martin<\/a><\/strong> took to the stage to kick off the show and they skewered everything from the Iowa caucuses to the Oscars’ lack of diversity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The hilarious duo joked up top that Twitter has ruined the ability<\/a> for anyone to truly host the show, but that didn’t stop them from making plenty of jokes.<\/p>\n

They referenced the 2017 Academy Awards’ mix-up, when La La Land<\/em> was accidentally named Best Picture<\/a> when it had truly gone to Moonlight<\/em>, and jokingly promised that the Iowa caucus app (which didn’t work correctly) would make things run smoothly tonight.<\/p>\n

Both also ruminated on how there seemed to be something missing from the directing nominees tonight, before Rock exclaimed what was missing was, “Vaginas!”<\/p>\n

And that’s not where they stopped when it came to lack of diversity, either.<\/p>\n

Rock made a joke that, “Cynthia [Erivo]<\/strong> did such a great job in Harriet <\/em>hiding black people that the Academy got her to hide all the black nominees.”<\/p>\n

This was, of course, in reference to the fact that Erivo is the only black nominee for any acting category tonight.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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They also joked about Ford v. Ferrari<\/em> (with Rock saying he’s owned both kinds of cars and it’s no competition of which one is better) before introducing Regina King<\/strong>, who went on to present the Best Supporting Actor award.<\/p>\n

While there isn’t a host tonight, Rock and Martin proved that we’re still in for a great show and that there will be no prisoners when it comes to who and what gets called out!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Watch the 2020 Oscars telecast at 8 p.m. ET\/5 p.m. PT on ABC! And don’t miss the E! After Party<\/i> special on E! at 11:15 p.m. ET\/8:15 p.m. PT for a recap of the 2020 Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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