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The Moonlight/La La Land Oscar Fiasco Was Too Much for Twitter to Handle
The flub was an insult to the film's sheer brilliance, but it sure did make for some hilarious tweetstuffs.
As you likely know, Moonlight earned its place in cinematic history last night at the 89th Academy Awards as the first queer film to take home Best Picture. The story is—and will continue to be—a landmark for black, queer communities, and we can only hope its success will continue to afford opportunities to more storytellers to widen the narrative of LGBTQ life in mainstream cinema.
We wish that could be the whole story, but it's just... not. Before the cast and crew of the film walked onstage to accept the award, the folks from La La Land were mopping up tears and running through the acceptance speeches they would later give the press, having mistakenly been announced the winner.
We all just witnessed the most insane 2 minutes in #Oscars history: https://t.co/bFAs04KaLB #Moonlight pic.twitter.com/HfzrsZmD4L
— Matt Wilstein (@TheMattWilstein) February 27, 2017
As you can imagine, this was too much for Twitter to handle. I cackled all damn night over some of these tweets, and brought 'em all right here, just for you.
\u201cMe after this Oscar mixup\u201d— Craig Bro Dude (@Craig Bro Dude) 1488173130
None— Francisco (@Francisco) 1488173570
\u201cWaiting for #Moonlight to be named Best Picture at the #Oscars like\u201d— Attitude Magazine (@Attitude Magazine) 1488144975
None— Jack Malvern (@Jack Malvern) 1488212762
None— Nicolle (@Nicolle) 1488209173
\u201cWe need to re-check EVERYTHING #Oscars #envelopegate\u201d— \ud835\udd79\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd93\ud835\udd86 \ud835\udd75\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd87\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd91 (@\ud835\udd79\ud835\udd86\ud835\udd93\ud835\udd86 \ud835\udd75\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd87\ud835\udd97\ud835\udd8e\ud835\udd91) 1488208246
\u201cHey "La La Land" remember when you gave us that fake happy ending and then took it away\n\nHow's it feel\u201d— Daniel Kibblesmith (@Daniel Kibblesmith) 1488173010
\u201cMOONLIGHT WON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE\u201d— ziwe (@ziwe) 1488172434
\u201chttps://t.co/aDJZAZA80U\u201d— Broderick (@Broderick) 1488163855
\u201cme leaving the oscars after switching the cards for best picture..\u201d— Joanne The Scammer (@Joanne The Scammer) 1488218138
\u201cThe cast and crew of #Moonlight:\u201d— R. Eric Thomas (@R. Eric Thomas) 1488173261
\u201cLa La Land, in the Best Picture challenge you took us to a City of Stars, but on the runway you failed to... Start a Fire\n\nMoonlight,\u201d— Garrett Schlichte (@Garrett Schlichte) 1488219343
\u201cSuicide Squad has more Oscars than La La Land.\u201d— Andy Greenwald (@Andy Greenwald) 1488160723
\u201cmeryl streep's face from that backstage #oscars feed when she realized what was happening with moonlight is hilarious\u201d— karen (\u2299\u30ee\u2299) (@karen (\u2299\u30ee\u2299)) 1488175219
\u201c"President Trump would like to congratulate La La Land for winning Best Picture. Period."\u201d— Michael Cohen (@Michael Cohen) 1488172550
\u201c"CORRECTION: Moonlight is the actual winner of the Best Motion Picture award! #Oscars" \n\nWhite Viewers: https://t.co/P3InYlpMqm\u201d— Mhysa of Dragging (@Mhysa of Dragging) 1488172764
\u201cWarren Beatty looking at the card trying to figure out how Emma Stone could win Best Picture\u201d— a drawing of a frog (@a drawing of a frog) 1488173479
\u201cThe LaLa Land guy was like "let's keep making movies that celebrate diversity" and God was like, Hmm I have an idea\u201d— David Rees (@David Rees) 1488172493
Now...GO WATCH MOONLIGHT AGAIN.
