Patton Oswalt Jabs Timothée Chalamet Over Ballet and Opera Comments
The audience at the 73rd Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards got a kick out of Patton Oswalt‘s cracks regarding Timothée Chalamet‘s controversial remarks about ballet and opera. Hosting the MPSE ceremony Sunday in Los Angeles for the fourth straight year, Oswalt kicked off the festivities that celebrated sound design. The comedian’s monologue began with quips that called attention to the ongoing debate surrounding Chalamet having told Matthew McConaughey last month during a Variety and CNN town hall that he would not want to be involved in an art form that “no one cares about” and is struggling to stay alive, citing ballet and opera as examples. “Thank God we’re here to celebrate achievement in sound editing and not watching ballet or the opera,” Oswalt said. He added with a laugh, “Thank God we are actually watching something that deserves to be alive.” The jokes led to plenty of laughter from the audience, in addition to some groans. The host then noted, “He said it after they were done voting. He’s fine. He’s safe.” Although Chalamet …
