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the fuck you say punk

have it erased

john travolta is dyslexic

so isn't it ableist to rag on him for fucking up that lady's name he read on a teleprompter?

yes but most ppl dontcurr

he shouldn't have been announcing if he didn't know how to pronounce the names of the nominees. expecting ppl to be prepared for smth they knew they were going to do isn't ableist

you realise they don't rehearse the presenters, right

he most likely had no idea who or what he'd be presenting till he got there

they know the nominees ahead of time dumbaline

yes but they don't know WHO they're presenting till they get there

can u rly be this thick

u learn how to pronounce the names of everyone you could be presenting

or if ur travolta just assume there's no way u might possibly encounter a non anglo name and vomit up ur first interpretation

test this theory out on tumblr, i guarantee it'll stick with at least a few

lol no he fucking knew what he was supposed to say. he read the entire thing fine and he had rehearsals. he couldn't fucking memorize 2 words, the name of the actress he was introducing????

he's an actor too, if his dyslexia was that bad he wouldn't have been able to go thru auditions in the first place when he was young. do u think they give you even an hour to prepare yourself when they had you a scene to act?

*hand you a scene to act w/e

i'm an actor and i've seen dyslexic actors memorize sides faster than anybody else. by the time they audition, they're basically doing cold reads from memory.

most presenters do not get rehearsals. did he, or are you guessing?

no because the only reason he screwed it up is she isn't white and it isn't a white name

ppl suddenly started claiming he's dyslexic after he screwed up her name

excuse me if i don't buy it

we all know the real reason he screwed up is he had chills

and they were multiplyin

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