THR Roundtable - The Directors (Full Hour)
Again, chose sleep over the exercise bike so I haven't watched this year but I have seen one clip in which Steve McQueen, director of "Shame" and "Hunger", goes off about how shameful it is that so few blacks get work in Hollywood. And if to prove his point, when the question as to why there is such a disparity in terms of employment is turned to them, the rest of the panel, all white men, sit silent and awkward, as if they are complicit in the problem. It's really one of the more awkward moments I've seen in some time and, to me, hilarious because a few of these directors (Alexander Payne, especially) come off as know-it-alls when it come to the craft and making movies but then when pressed with an actual real world issue and legitimate problem, they clam up like school kids who didn't do their homework. The Roundtables have had some great moments and I think this one ranks right up there as one of the most memorable.