Did the Oscars really just end with a racist joke? — LIVE BLOG

We live-blogged the Oscars, which were among the most boring ever until Sean Penn made a racist joke while announcing the award for Best Picture.

“Who gave this (SOB) a green card?” he said, before reading the winner: “Birdman,” directed by Alejando G. Inarritu.

Regardless of whether it was well-intentioned, some viewers reacted strongly, taking to social media to express their disappointment.

“Don’t care if Sean Penn was joking. Not your moment. Not your culture. Not appropriate,” one user tweeted.

“Absolutely horrible green card comment from Sean Penn. The struggles people endure for immigration justice are not punchlines,” another said.

Some users pointed out that Penn may just have been being sarcastic. Jose Antonio Vargas, an undocumented journalist who has become a symbol of the immigration debate, responded:

“Some ‘jokes’ can be tone deaf. Case in point: Sean Penn and green card,” he tweeted.

See more tweets below tonight’s live blog.

9:04 p.m. - BEST PICTURE

Kristen: Uh …. racist joke?

Wesley: I don’t understand what that means.

Stephanie: That wasn’t OK.

Ashley: Super racist.

Kristen: Even if that was a private joke between them, not OK right now.

Wesley: Sean Penn needs to rush the stage and apologize for questioning his immigration status.

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9:01 p.m.

Kristen: They made the joke I made earlier! Matt Damon’s dad!

Stephanie: NO ONE has laughed at this box bit all night! Stop with it!

Ashley: This has been the worst part of the show.

Stephanie: The entire copy desk thought that Meryl Streep line was hilarious.

Wesley: This was hilarious when Johnny Carson thought that up forever ago.

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8:56

Wesley: I bet whichever woman got the ugliest for her role is going to win.

Kristen: Julianne Moore cried the most.

Ashley: There’s no way Reese Witherspoon gets this award.

Kristen: Did one person see that movie?

Ashley: That’s why she doesn’t get it.

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8:52 p.m.

Ashley: I’m glad I tweeted “We love Michael Keaton know matter what happens” before this happened.

Stephanie: This just feels really long.

Kristen: Please, stop.

Wesley: Oh my God, what is wrong with his beard? It’s like he thought if he put motor oil all over face it would distract from his crow’s feet.

Ashley: It’s like (REDACTED).

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8:40 p.m.

Kristen: OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Best Director went to Inarritu for Birdman! What??

Stephanie: Good. Maybe this will keep Boyhood from becoming a trend.

Kristen: I don’t think Michael Keaton has his gum anymore.

Ashley: I think he swallowed it.

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8:31 p.m.

Kristen: Michael Keaton is still chewing gum! And aggressively, too.

Stephanie: O PRAH WIN FREY

Kristen: Band name. But you have to say it like that.

Kristen: News alert: Idris Elba does not know how to take selfies from appropriate angles.

Ashley: I think he DOES know the perfect angle.

Kristen: Oprah is breathing super heavily.

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8:24 p.m.

Kristen: Look at Alexandre Desplat’s nose. I’m all about that.

Stephanie: Go to FACEBOOK DOT COM

Wesley: They’re showing a lot of B-list celebs in the crowd shots.

Ashley: It’s the “sorry we didn’t go to Sundance” award show.

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8:15 p.m.

Ashley: The only thing more boring than ScarJo is her hair.

Stephanie: I’m not a Sound of Music fan anyway, but if it’s not Julie Andrews I’m not interested.

Kristen: Can Julie Andrews be my grandma?

Ashley: ALL awards go to Julie Andrews.

Stephanie: All I can hear right now is her talking in Princess Diaries.

Ashley: The second one wasn’t bad either. With Raven Simone.

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8:10 p.m.

Ashley: Babies! Oh, that one is cute. Look at it.

Stephanie: Every time this stupid Google commercial comes on, my phone wakes up and tries to start searching things.

Ashley: When I first got my phone, I didn’t realize you had to press the button, so I was just yelling “Siri” at my phone across the room.”

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8:05 p.m.

Ashley: I have three right so far. This is the worst test ever.

Stephanie: Don’t worry, I didn’t even bother showing up.

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7:46 p.m.

Stephanie: I’m wildly disappointed in the Oscars this year. No pizza, no selfie, no celebrity falls.

Ashley: Ellen should have hosted again.

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7:25 p.m.

Kristen: Michael Keaton has been chewing gum for two hours. Is it the same piece of gum?

Ashley: Oh, to be that piece of gum.

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7:10 p.m.

Kristen: I bet if you went back 20 years and told the Rock he’d be at the Oscars, he’d be like “yeah, right.”

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6:59 p.m.

Wesley: I just want to put Josh Hutcherson in a duffel bag and take him with me everywhere I go.

Stephanie: That’s called murder.

Wesley: Who is Rita Ora?

Stephanie: JLo is Un. Im. Pressed. SHADE.

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6:54 p.m.

Ashley: It’s not fair Patricia Arquette won because now everyone’s just going to take forever to make movies just to win awards.

Wesley: Wait, she made a movie? People watched that?

Stephanie: Did she just say “gave birth”?

Ashley: It started off weird, but ended strong.

Kristen: Equality!

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6:44 p.m.

Stephanie: Oscars need more underwear.

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6:35 p.m.

Kristen: Viola Davis’ dress is like the color you make your bridesmaid’s dresses wear if you hate them.

Stephanie: Did someone go back in time and kidnap Gwyneth Paltrow from a high school prom in 1985?

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6:25 p.m.

Stephanie: I am really disappointed in Kerry Washington. That dress is not pleasant.

Kristen: I feel like someone just took John Travolta apart in 1975 and rebuilt him as a wax figure.

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6:19 p.m.

Ashley: Marion Cotillard looks like she just wants you to take her order and walk away.

Kristen: And then she calls the manager.

Stephanie: Are we taking drugs? Everything about this is NOT awesome.

Kristen: Who is that singing?

Stephanie: TaTu?

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6:10 p.m.

Kristen: Nicole Kidman looks more like a Stepford wife every year. And it always freaks me out to learn she’s Australian but I learn that same thing every year.

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6:03 p.m.

Stephanie: I think Channing Tatum gets more attractive as he gets older.

Ashley: Thank God. Before, he was just like a chunk of Spam someone molded that could dance.

Kristen: Wait, they’re going to perform a song from the Lego Movie without bothering to nominate it? What kind of crap is that?

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5:57 p.m.

Stephanie: Can we just discuss how many times over I could pay off my student loans if I had an Oscars gift bag?

Ashley: Or with just one of those dresses.

Kristen: I’m still mad about JLo’s makeup.

Ashley: Oh, there’s a pattern on Wes Anderson’s shirt. It’s not just dirty.

Kristen: I’m kind of disappointed now.

Ashley: Door opening guy is doing better than Left Shark, probably.

Stephanie: Left Shark is doing better than all of us, so what does that say?

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5:47 p.m.

Kristen: How long is it going to be until we can get rid of that stupid Liam Neeson joke? I’m sure he was sick of it like, as soon as the movie came out.

Ashley: Wes Anderson, why do your clothes look dirty? That’s not a tea stain, I’m pretty sure.

Wesley: Adam Levine? I totally thought a woman was singing right now.

Ashley: I thought it was John Legend singing.

Stephanie: I know this is a really unpopular opinion, but if Adam Levine never showed up in anything ever again, it would still be too soon.

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5:37 p.m.

Stephanie: I feel like I should point out early that I haven’t actually seen any of these movies. I’m just holding out for another J-Law fall.

Kristen: “Boyhood” was a snoozefest. Movies are supposed to make us not realize that life is boring.

Ashley: J. K. Simmons’ pocket square matches his eyes. But weren’t we supposed to start off with the nonsense awards?

Kristen: If they could stop showing Jennifer Hudson’s stone face, that would be great.

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5:30 p.m.

Kristen: The first joke is about how white they are? That’s pretty much the greatest thing ever.

Ashley: Can the people who make the Oscars get an award? This show is amazing. Better than some of the movies’ special effects.

Wesley: This is the best opening number I’ve ever seen at the Oscars.

Ashley: This is how you do it, Anne Hathaway. Step down.

Kristen: Robert Duvall looks so unimpressed.