美国国家公共电台 NPR 'La La Land' Producer Reacts To Best Picture Blunder

 

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

Actress Emma Stone summed it up nicely at the post-Academy-Awards press conference.

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EMMA STONE: Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time?

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Unintelligible).

STONE: Cool.

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

It was the last award of the evening - Best Picture. Presenter¹ Warren Beatty was handed the wrong card, the one for best actress. Faye Dunaway didn't notice and read the name she saw.

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FAYE DUNAWAY: "La La Land."

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CORNISH: And while the cast and crew began their acceptance speeches, Oscar producers scrambled³ to correct what they knew to be a colossal⁴ blunder.

SHAPIRO: Out of the nearly two dozen people on stage, "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz had the presence of mind to call the stage the rightful winners, director Barry Jenkins and the cast of "Moonlight."

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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: You know (laughter).

JORDAN HOROWITZ: Guys, guys, I'm sorry. No.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: There's a mistake.

HOROWITZ: There's a mistake. "Moonlight," you guys won Best Picture.

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UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: "Moonlight" won.

CORNISH: Now, Jordan Horowitz was kind enough to join us at our studios today. And I asked him about that moment just after he'd finished his acceptance speech.

HOROWITZ: A stage manager kind of came onto the stage, and it was clear something was going on. And at a certain point, he came up to me and took the envelope I'd been given. And when he opened it, it said Emma Stone, "La La Land." And so there was a scramble² to find the correct envelope. Eventually, that envelope was found. It said Best picture on it. Opened that envelope - it said "Moonlight." And, you know, sort of - I needed to right the wrong.

CORNISH: But in your head, is that moment - on TV, are you like, my eyes widen there? (Laughter) Or, like...

HOROWITZ: You know, there's, like, a physical moment where I say I saw myself take three steps backwards⁵. And that, for me, is the moment that I was like, oh, this is...

CORNISH: Yeah, 'cause you snatched that envelope out of Warren Beatty's hand with (laughter) purpose.

HOROWITZ: Yeah. It's funny 'cause when I went up to the mike and told everybody that "Moonlight" had won, I think there was a lot of confusion. And I think it was just needing to have sort of a physical manifestation⁶ of that. I saw it out of the corner of my...

CORNISH: So no conspiracy⁷ theories - no - none of that.

HOROWITZ: You know, just, like, that needed to end, you know? It just - it needed to be clear and decisive and clean. And he was kind of standing⁸ next to me, and I saw it out of the corner of my eye. And I just kind of - I took it and showed it. It was just kind of instinctual.

CORNISH: What does it say that people are praising you for 'cause I've thought about it, and I thought, well, like, kind of what else would he do, right? (Laughter) You couldn't skip away with the award.

HOROWITZ: I've had - I've had the same thought. I did - listen...

CORNISH: Like, people are kind of being like - it's nice of him to do a thing that probably he should have done.

HOROWITZ: I've been getting a lot of - a lot of that this morning, and it's overwhelming - like, a lot of kindness, a lot of generosity⁹...

CORNISH: Or, like, saying you gave them the award, which is weird¹⁰.

HOROWITZ: That's odd 'cause I didn't. They won the award. The spotlight¹¹ needed to be on them and needs to continue to be on them. You know, we spent a lot of time with those guys. We premiered our film during the fall festivals. They did, too. We really got to know them then over the past couple of months. So to be able to right the wrong and put the spotlight on their - on their beautiful film - you know, I was - I was grateful that I got to do that.

CORNISH: Well, Jordan Horwitz, thank you so much for taking the time out to speak with us.

HOROWITZ: Thanks for having me. I appreciate having me on.

CORNISH: That's "La La Land" producer Jordan Horowitz. And a note - we at NPR did reach out to "Moonlight's" director, Barry Jenkins, and writer, Tarell Alvin McCraney, as well. We have not heard back from them. Their now award-winning film "Moonlight" is this moving portrait of a young Miami boy grappling with a drug-addicted mother and his own sexuality, one that took home the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, as well. Here's McCraney and Jenkins on stage last night. Jenkins goes first.

BARRY JENKINS: You know, I tell my students that I teach sometimes be in love with the process, not the result. But I really wanted this result 'cause a bajillion people are watching. And all you people out there who feel like there's no mirror for you, that your life is not reflected, the Academy has your back. The ACLU has your back. We have your back. And for the next four years, we will not leave you alone. We will not forget you.

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TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY: Amen, brother. I just want to echo everything you just said and all those thanks, but I also want to say thank God for my mother, who proved to me through her struggles and the struggles that Naomie Harris portrayed¹² for all of you that we can really be here and be somebody. Two boys from Liberty City up here on this stage, representing 3-0-5...

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MCCRANEY: This goes out to all those black and brown boys and girls and non-gender-confirming who don't see themselves. We're trying to show you - you and us, so thank you. Thank you. This is for you.

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1 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

2 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

3 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

5 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

6 manifestation   

n.表现形式；表明；现象

参考例句：

• Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
• What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。

7 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 generosity   

n.大度，慷慨，慷慨的行为

参考例句：

• We should match their generosity with our own.我们应该像他们一样慷慨大方。
• We adore them for their generosity.我们钦佩他们的慷慨。

10 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

11 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

12 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》