Did Chris Rock fail non-black minorities at the Oscars?
q's pop culture panel debates Chris Rock's performance at the Oscars, Sam Smith's LGBT snafu, and Vice's broadcast television debut.
Days after the Oscars, we're still feeling the fallout. Host Chris Rock was praised for calling out the lack of black representation in Hollywood, but he's also taking heat from Asian and Latino groups.
With his win for Best Song, Sam Smith thought he was making LGBT history. It turns out he wasn't, at least in the way he thought. Now the LGBT community is upset about his acceptance speech.
The q pop culture panel is here to break down these post-Oscars controversies, as well as the debut of VICE's television channel. Can they shake up old-fashioned broadcast TV in the same way they did online writing?
Our panelists today:
- Chatelaine editor-at-large Rachel Giese.
- Esquire columnist Stephen Marche.
- Filmmaker Charles Officer.