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8. At the 2007 ceremony, the rap group Three 6 Mafia scores an Oscar in the Best Original Song category for their song: "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" (from the movie Hustle & Flow), beating out the heavily favored Dolly Parton song, "Travellin' Thru" from the movie Transamerica.

I barely pay attention to the Oscars -- and even I heard beforehand that the 36M "song" might win

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7. At the 2006 ceremony, Crash scored an upset for the ages - beating out the heavily-favored Brokeback Mountain in the Best Picture category

This was also much-predicted before, that there might be an anti-Brokeback backlash. Was not shocking at all.

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5. At the 1999 Oscar ceremony, Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love ) beat out the favored Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth) for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Elizabeth is still considered by many to be the finest performance of Blanchett's career.

4. Another shocker from the 1999 Oscar ceremony was Shakespeare in Love's surprising upset of Saving Private Ryan in the category of Best Picture.

Both of these were predicted by many observers

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1. And the biggest shocker of all? Well...maybe when it comes to hindsight, but How Green Was My Valley's Best Picture win over Citizen Kane at the 1942 Oscar ceremony looks worse and worse with each passing year

This was the opposite of a shocker. According to Kane editor Robert Wise (present at the ceremony), Kane was booed every time it was mentioned during the award announcements.

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Posted by RollTide1987

Augusta, GA

Member since Nov 2009

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Posted on 2/3/17 at 8:35 pm to Kafka

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I barely pay attention to the Oscars -- and even I heard beforehand that the 36M "song" might win

From who? Your local grocer? Dolly Parton was the odds on favorite to win. Many people were shocked, including Academy insiders, when Three 6 Mafia pulled off the win.

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This was also much-predicted before, that there might be an anti-Brokeback backlash. Was not shocking at all.

It was very shocking. Crash was only the second film in Oscar history to win Best Picture without even being nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globes. Not to mention the fact that Brokeback Mountain had won every major award leading up to Oscar night (Golden Globe, PGA, DGA, and every critic circle award known to man). The only thing it didn't win was the SAG Award for Ensemble (which naturally went to Crash because that was an ensemble piece). There's a reason why Jack Nicholson exclaimed "Whoa!" after he read off Crash's name when he announced Best Picture that night.

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Both of these were predicted by many observers

A few at best. Hardly many.

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This was the opposite of a shocker. According to Kane editor Robert Wise (present at the ceremony), Kane was booed every time it was mentioned during the award announcements.

I guess you missed what I said in my OP: