CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

She was referring to being an artist though, so it wasn't necessarily just about acting. I assumed that she meant to include musicians, writers, etc., as well.

It was a bit narcissistic, but not an insane statement either.

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

CalvinBall wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

She was referring to being an artist though, so it wasn't necessarily just about acting. I assumed that she meant to include musicians, writers, etc., as well.

It was a bit narcissistic, but not an insane statement either.

i mean maybe i dont know what she means but there are plenty of non profits and social organizations that celebrate people/life.

Youseff wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

She was referring to being an artist though, so it wasn't necessarily just about acting. I assumed that she meant to include musicians, writers, etc., as well.

It was a bit narcissistic, but not an insane statement either.

i mean maybe i dont know what she means but there are plenty of non profits and social organizations that celebrate people/life.

teachers, doctors, nurses, gardeners, historians, librarians, scientists, etc., etc. heck, a friendly bus driver could be a professional that celebrates life.

CalvinBall wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

She was referring to being an artist though, so it wasn't necessarily just about acting. I assumed that she meant to include musicians, writers, etc., as well.

It was a bit narcissistic, but not an insane statement either.

i mean maybe i dont know what she means but there are plenty of non profits and social organizations that celebrate people/life.

drsmooth wrote:

Grotewold wrote:My biggest question is why did it take so long to stop the speeches? Were they thinking of just rolling with La La Land

chaos is chaotic


who's with me on the bandwagon to roundly condemn PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who've not ever made a process error that I'm aware of, but now must be brunt at the stake let me tell you

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:

RichmondPhilsFan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:thought it was pretty dumb when viola davis said "we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life!" and then people cheered.

She was referring to being an artist though, so it wasn't necessarily just about acting. I assumed that she meant to include musicians, writers, etc., as well.

It was a bit narcissistic, but not an insane statement either.

i mean maybe i dont know what she means but there are plenty of non profits and social organizations that celebrate people/life.

I took it as meaning that artists celebrate the minutiae of life and try to give dignity to all facets of life (including, perhaps, the types of people that wouldn't seem deserving of dignity). That seemed to fit the context of her statement, even if I cringed a bit when she said it.

It's really not worth getting even slightly irritated by it.

Monkeyboy wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

Grotewold wrote:My biggest question is why did it take so long to stop the speeches? Were they thinking of just rolling with La La Land

chaos is chaotic


who's with me on the bandwagon to roundly condemn PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who've not ever made a process error that I'm aware of, but now must be brunt at the stake let me tell you

It's that Cooper guy that's the problem. PriceWaterhouse never made these kind of mistakes.

Bucky wrote:I BLAME BIG P!ECE

"At the end of the day we made a human error," Tim Ryan, U.S. chairman and senior partner of PWC told USA TODAY on Monday. "We made a mistake. What happened was, our partner on the left side of the stage, Brian Cullinan, he handed the wrong envelope to Warren Beatty. And then the second we realized that we notified the appropriate parties and corrected the mistake."

ReadingPhilly wrote:watch out for that bus backing up brian.

"At the end of the day we made a human error," Tim Ryan, U.S. chairman and senior partner of PWC told USA TODAY on Monday. "We made a mistake. What happened was, our partner on the left side of the stage, Brian Cullinan, he handed the wrong envelope to Warren Beatty. And then the second we realized that we notified the appropriate parties and corrected the mistake."