Arianne Phillips calls McCarthy and Henry "Insulting"

The latest storm in the teacup...or even thimble in this case.

It was hilarious. The Oscars have a history of lampooning plenty of categories, and none should be exempt from a bit of piss taking. When I think back to the 2019 Oscars, I will remember this presentation, and not a lot else.

Yeah, no. A whole lot of hullabaloo over nothing. A costume designer actually took the time to remix all five films into two costumes, and it's not like we haven't had other categories get snarked about before.

I was thinking the same thing.  It was a real misstep not cutting to her.

It's affectionate fun, the way the Oscar presentations *should* be. If I had my costumes nominated and the presenters came out dressed like that, I'd be laughing my ass off.

Edit: So the main complaint (I read many posts in Phillips's thread) is that the writers "don't understand" costume design and costume designers constantly have to fight a misunderstanding of what their job is, and the presentation played into that misunderstanding. To which I say... not really? At worst, it's a gag about people misunderstanding what the job entails. At its best, it is simply flattery through parody, meant to be nothing more than a tribute.

I saw the question raised of "would acting or directing categories be presented this way?" To which I say... yeah. Hosts regularly make fun of the nominees and roast them a bit, and that's all part of the game. Nothing about it has ever been mean-spirited.

Typical. The actors have all the power and with that power they love to shit on all the other categories. We get it, the actors make up a good chunk of the academy (and the industry) but that doesn't give them the right to insult the others' profession.