Maybe the joke about George Clooney kissing Billy Crystal in a fake scene from "The Descendants" would have been funnier if Crystal didn't actually look like an old lady. That moment was awkward -- like virtually everything else about Sunday's 84th Academy Awards, -- but it was also confusing. Was George supposed to be delivering a goodbye smooch to his wife, or his mom? Seconds later, we were treated to Crystal in blackface, or at least in tan-face, sorta-kinda doing Sammy Davis Jr. Extra-double awkward and confusing! Even if you've heard of Davis (and half the people watching probably hadn't), it took several beats to grasp exactly what target Crystal was shooting for. (It's been more than 25 years since Crystal played Davis on "Saturday Night Live.") Liberace's black half-sister, perhaps?
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