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In response to "fairly or not, agreed. -- nm" by znufrii

There's no fairly or unfairly. They are supposed to step in immediately.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka Joemetz) Feb 26 '17, 21:39

These guys got a minute into their speeches before they had to break the news.

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What's worse? Turning them away in the aisle or breaking the news on stage? -- nm - Mop Feb 26, 21:54 3
- On stage a minute into their triumphant speech. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 21:56
- Turning them away 90% into their acceptance speech is far worse. Don't let them get on stage if you can avoid it. -- nm - ty97 Feb 26, 21:55 1
  - Having the La La Land people turn it over to Moonlight seems to have been the best of a horrible situation. -- nm - Mop Feb 26, 21:58
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- The story Reagen linked above says the accountants (2 people who both know ALL winners) relay the flub to the stage managers - TWuG Feb 26, 21:53 2
  - “Whether that entails stopping the show, us walking onstage, us signaling to the stage manager — that’s really a game-time decision, - JD Feb 26, 21:56 1
    - Wanna guess what gets proceduralized next year? - Will Hunting Feb 26, 21:58
- Because its a theater production and live television broadcast with dozens of moving parts, involving people who don't know most of what's actually going on. -- nm* - znufrii Feb 26, 21:51 4
  - This. - Ender Feb 26, 22:22
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    - "immediately" is a relative term in showbusiness. -- nm - znufrii Feb 26, 21:59 1
      - If the 45 second rule was in effect, La La is off the stage and Kimmel has signed off. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 22:01
They have one job. Hand the people the right envelope. -- nm - pmb Feb 26, 21:43 4
- Well there's the sending of the ballots, collecting them and counting part.... -- nm - JD Feb 26, 21:46 3
  - Ok they had one job tonight. -- nm - pmb Feb 26, 22:04
  - THEY HAVE TWO JOBS... AND ALSO PROBABLY ANOTHER, MORE REGULAR ONE - Reagen Feb 26, 21:48
  - and keeping results secret...though might have gone a step too far with that one. The presenters should probably know at the appropriate moment -- nm - JD Feb 26, 21:48
I'm pretty sure that no other accounting firm is held to a live reflexes standard. Though no other firm does the Oscars - JD Feb 26, 21:42 1
- Unless their own stories are bullshit, the rep is there to head this exact issue off -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 26, 21:45
I can't imagine too many people knew -- nm - JaxSean Feb 26, 21:41 3
- The rule is the guy or guys are standing in the wing. Like literally close enough to be to the podium before the 'winner' -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 26, 21:43 2
  - Read the link above. They are. But they don't step in, they alert production. -- nm - ty97 Feb 26, 21:53
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you have 30-plus people crowding onto the stage, thinking they know what they're supposed to be doing, it takes time to head that off. - znufrii Feb 26, 21:41
Yeah, it's always been said that they know what should be read and are ready to step in if things go awry. That shouldn't take 60 seconds. - TWuG Feb 26, 21:41

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