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Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name?
Posted by: Jax 01:30 pm EDT 04/06/21
In reply to: L.A. Stage Alliance is bowing out after gaffe at Ovation Awards - WaymanWong 11:40 pm EDT 04/05/21

This is absurd. Hope that actress Jully (rhymes with bully?) Lee is satisfied.
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re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name?
Posted by: Chromolume 08:14 pm EDT 04/06/21
In reply to: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name? - Jax 01:30 pm EDT 04/06/21

Um, Travolta didn't "mispronounce" Idina Menzel's name. He made up an entirely new one.
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re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name?
Posted by: Quicheo 11:03 pm EDT 04/06/21
In reply to: re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name? - Chromolume 08:14 pm EDT 04/06/21

Travolta has a reading disorder. Seriously. Part of the reason he sought out his chosen religion.
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re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name?
Posted by: Singapore/Fling 11:53 pm EDT 04/06/21
In reply to: re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name? - Quicheo 11:03 pm EDT 04/06/21

A good point in terms of people making fun of Travolta, but also - if Travolta has trouble reading a teleprompter, he should really learn his lines before going on national TV to introduce a singer. Or wear an earpiece.
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re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name?
Posted by: Quicheo 03:46 pm EDT 04/07/21
In reply to: re: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name? - Singapore/Fling 11:53 pm EDT 04/06/21

Like a lot of people with Dyslexia, he thought he had it down (he apparently memorizes everything he says at events like this--and consequently doesn't do them often). But when memory failed, he went to the prompter and read what he saw. I agree about the earpiece, and I suspect he will never appear without one again. But as Dyslexia is a hot-button topic in his religion, I wonder if he will ever address this in a conventional way.
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Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:52 pm EDT 04/06/21
In reply to: Sounds Fair. Weren't the Oscars Cancelled When John Travolta mispronounced Idina Menzel's Name? - Jax 01:30 pm EDT 04/06/21

Your response is absurd. Nothing in the reporting indicates that Jully (rhymes with Julie) Lee was personally seeking to harm the organization over this gaffe - and actually, the coverage in the Times indicates the exact opposite. Moreover, the good reporting on this event points to years of the Alliance's dysfunction in working with non-white theaters, and this even was simply the tipping point.
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