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Digital Puppy

(496 posts)
Sun Feb 28, 2016, 03:39 PM Feb 2016

If Straight Outta Compton Was An Oscar Contender

If Straight Outta Compton was edited this way, the Academy members would have been much more comfortable making it a sure-fire Oscar nominee.

For your consideration: He wasn't afraid to take a chance, and became the most important figure in hip hop history. Two-time Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti ("Sideways&quot stars in "Straight Out of Compton," a biopic about hip-hop pioneer and N.W.A creator Jerry Heller, a courageous man who risked it all and sparked a music revolution.


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If Straight Outta Compton Was An Oscar Contender (Original Post) Digital Puppy Feb 2016 OP
Gah! wildeyed Feb 2016 #1
OK, that's hilarious. True but hilarious. ret5hd Feb 2016 #2
Sadly, yep. nt SusanCalvin Feb 2016 #3
Ha! Oh, my goodness. Kind of Blue Feb 2016 #4
Ha! The generic movie music is a great touch. betsuni Feb 2016 #5
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