There were several aspects to this speech that jumped out at me initially. I wanted to really think about them before I commented. All them are hugely egotistical. You tell me.

1) "All these performances were impeccable in my opinion. I didn't see a false note anywhere."

It seems very condescending to say that you have evaluated your peers and found their work to be "impeccable." It implies that guys you gave a perfect performance and still couldn't win.

Just to approach the others work on such a level was over the top. He could have said something to the effect he was honored to be counted in the group but I thought that went too far. He stood in judgment of them by his comments. I am not sure that was very well taken.

2) "And to my hero. That's who I chase. Now when I was 15 years old, I had a very important person in my life come to me and say "who's your hero?" And I said, "I don't know, I gotta think about that. Give me a couple of weeks." I come back two weeks later, this person comes up and says "who's your hero?" I said, "I thought about it. You know who it is? It's me in 10 years." So I turned 25. Ten years later, that same person comes to me and says, "So, are you a hero?" And I was like, "not even close. No, no, no." She said, "Why?" I said, "Because my hero's me at 35." So you see every day, every week, every month and every year of my life, my hero's always 10 years away. I'm never gonna be my hero. I'm not gonna attain that. I know I'm not, and that's just fine with me because that keeps me with somebody to keep on chasing."

Where in the hell did he come up with this load of crap? Talk about egotistical! Wow. The first stroke was awkard. This was nuts. I know it is good to have a healthy selfesteem but this is something else. I still have not decided how screwed up this part was. Right now I pretty sure it qualifies as a need for therapy.

And then there is this 3)

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There's a few things, about three things to my account that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase. Now, first off, I want to thank God. 'Cause that's who I look up to. He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand. He has shown me that it's a scientific fact that gratitude reciprocates. In the words of the late Charlie Laughton, who said, "When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you."

I have no problem with anyone thanking God or anyone whom they would like to credit but what the hell does that last bit mean? "When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you." Is he saying he is his own God? Or that the Lord helps those who help themselves? He already said "He has graced my life with opportunities that I know are not of my hand or any other human hand." How does that square with God is your friend and that friend is you. Is he saying the audience is God or that God is in each of us?

My boy MM did not disappoint on laying down the gauntlet on Oscar speeches!

This post was edited on 3/7/14 at 4:46 pm