And Hardison definitely counted as extraneous noise right now.

"Right, man? Right?" he demanded. "Hell, that even has the proper Oscar recipe for an award-winnin' movie about black people. You know, young black man into sports that finds an old white mentor. What's more Oscar than that? Unless we have a ol' black mammy dispensin' old-timey wisdom to innocent white children who're gonna grow up an' change the world for black folks forever."

Someone's bitterness was showing.