The Oscars desperately need to get some glory back after their last dismal telecast.
But when they announced Eddie Murphy as a host, we all wondered, “Isn’t he on a bit of a career slide? Is he really the kind of piping-hot star they need right now?”
Besides, don’t Eddie’s hideous homophobic remarks linger painfully in the memory, along with his cloudy explanations for his bouts of personal behavior?
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Well, it turns out Eddie’s new movie, Tower Heist, didn’t have a wow of an opening weekend, continuing his anti-ascendance streak.
It’s hardly a disaster, but Heist‘s $24.03 million opening was “way down from Norbit,” according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.
Way down from Norbit?
And now the director of Tower Heist, Brett Ratner (above), disgraced himself by giving a Q&A after a screening and telling the assembled, “Rehearsing is for fags.”
Ratner apologized, claiming there isn’t a prejudiced bone in his body, and the Academy quickly accepted his apology rather than dump him as Oscar producer and find someone better suited to showbiz (and humanity).
Oh, yeah — did I mention Ratner’s the producer of the Oscars???
Hosted by Eddie Murphy?
I smell a turd.
No longer will they joke that this is the Gay Olympics.