Stephen Colbert Reminds You to Invite Black People to Your Oscars Viewing Party (Video)
Stephen Colbert has been in the entertainment business for quite a while now, so he has some tips for those watching, tweeting, and attending Sunday’s Academy Awards.
For starters, if you’re hosting an Oscars viewing party: “Don’t make the same mistakes the Academy did — be sure to have a diverse guest list,” Colbert advised. “If all of your friends are white, you are a racist — fix that by Sunday.”
And for those left off the nominations list for non-racial reasons: “If you’re in the movie business, but were snubbed by the Oscars this year, don’t worry — you still have two days to make the In Memoriam reel,” Colbert quipped. “How bad do you want it?”
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Finally, the “Late Show” host suggested that people prep their live-tweets in advance, so as to not miss the actual action. Colbert then shared some of his own examples, going back to the lack-of-diversity angle for his final social media post: “Ouch, not a good nice to announce an all-white remake of ‘Amistad.’ #OscarBuzz”
Jon Batiste and Stay Human then played Colbert off, a final nod to Sunday’s film celebration. Watch the video above.
The Academy Awards air Sunday night on ABC. The preshow begins at 7/6c, the actual awards broadcast starts at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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