Camera rifle past Oscars security; too few handlers around Rachel; Fletcher's absent dad; Rachel never learning of her sister's plot; Frank's morning-after exit; unacknowledged race angle at the Oscars; Rachel playing her own music
Getting a camera rifle into the Oscars is impossible; living near the Oscars in Hollywood brought a robot dog bomb check and underground sweeps at Oscars time. — Van Lathan
Working for Kimmel, Oscars-week shutdowns lasted about eight days; some of that is probably post-9/11. — Bill Simmons
Rachel should be more of a narcissist diva, never alone with just one assistant. — Bill Simmons
Costner pulling a gun on stage should get him shot, but the counterpoint that hysteria might let him get it out ends with "Okay. I don't know," leaving the nit unresolved. — Bill Simmons
Fletcher's dad is never mentioned or contacted, when the boy could have been sent to him or his grandparents; a Kevin Federline joke follows. — Van Lathan
We never learn if Rachel found out her sister tried to kill her; a scene of Costner and Bill Cobbs agreeing not to tell her is joked about. — Bill Simmons
Frank waking up and leaving after one night with Whitney Houston is fuck-boy behavior; he should have cut contact methodically, and anyone would ride it out for weeks. — Van Lathan
The film should have consulted a Black person on the Academy Awards angle: with Singleton's nomination and an earlier Black actor's win in the 60s but no Black actress winner, Rachel could have said she was making history; the Oscars felt like an afterthought. — Bill Simmons
Rachel sitting by her pool listening to her own music is questioned; a rapper friend does exactly that, and one host admits listening to The Rewatchables. — Van Lathan
Bill Cobbs (transcribed Cops/Cubs) is debated as too established to be a That Guy despite popping up in Demolition Man and New Jack City; he seemed the same age for 25 years like Wilford Brimley. — Van Lathan
Later, the actor who played Fletcher is identified as Norm Nixon's son, with Debbie Allen as his stepmom; shout-out to Devon Nixon. — Van Lathan
Bill Nunn, recognized by most as Radio Rahim, is a that guy, even "that guy plus" or "supersized that guy".
His credits cited include He Got Game, Mo Better Blues, Do the Right Thing and the Spider-Man movies; he has passed away.
The man who shoots Nino at the end and the police sergeant are that-guy types.
The woman in Pookie's rehab meetings describing what crack did to her is an underrated that guy with a whole that-guy career, possibly also from Summer School. — Logan Murdock
After a mix-up with Walter Mosley, the old man is identified as Bill Cops (transcribed form), also in Demolition Man, who stays the same age in every movie.
Vanessa Williams is not a that guy because she went on to Melrose Place; the name conflict led the other Vanessa Williams to become Vanessa L. Williams. — Bill Simmons
