It was a big night for retards everywhere Sunday when Anjelica Huston’s directing debut Riding the Bus with My Sister took home Special Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Star Rosie O’Donnell took home the coveted Best Performance in a Retarded Role, shutting down Timothy Treadwell’s hopes for a posthumous award for his role in Grizzly Man.

In a highly impassioned acceptance speech, Huston said, “I hope that my film will help movie-goers everywhere understand that people who suffer from severe mental retardation aren’t retarded.” Asked how she felt about winning, O’Donnell flailed her hands in the air and commented, “Muhhhhhhhhh!”

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