The New Yorker Wins an Oscar in a Tie!

"When you're sitting in those seats, in front of the world, waiting for your name to be called or not called, it's already quite surreal. And then, when that started happening, it was a complete out-of-body experience."

"Yes, we were no longer on the planet-and neither of us really knew what we then said onstage. We were just so happy to share the award. We would have been happy if it went all five ways."

"A few weeks ago, we had looked up whether this had ever happened, so I knew that it was a possibility. It's just so rare. Oddly enough, one of our friends had been following the betting markets, and there were a couple of people out there who bet on the tie-and, well, they won big last night, too."

At the Oscars, Kumail Nanjiani announced a historic tie for Best Live Action Short Film, only the seventh occurrence in Academy Awards history. 'Two People Exchanging Saliva,' written and directed by Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata and released by The New Yorker, shared the award. The satirical film, set in an imagined Paris where kissing is illegal, critiques consumerism and sexual repression. The filmmakers experienced shock and surrealism upon hearing the announcement. Musteata had researched the possibility of ties beforehand, while Singh described the moment as an out-of-body experience. The filmmakers expressed happiness about sharing the recognition for their unconventional film made by a majority-women team.

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