--- description: A fake trailer for 'Straight Outta Compton' retells the movie focused on one white man in a way that would have “swept the Oscars.” title: Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For ‘Straight Outta Compton’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For _Straight Outta Compton_  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2016 5:04 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 28, 2016 5:04 PM CUT A comedy video creator has released a [fake trailer for _Straight Outta Compton_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5%5FB0kgSh%5F5s&feature=youtu.be "undefined") that retells the movie focused on one white man in a way that “would have swept the Oscars.” The nearly 3-minute clip released Friday by Super Deluxe tells the tale of the group NWA’s rise in the mid-1980s that revolutionized the hip-hop culture. However, the new trailer centers the story around [the group’s white manager played by Golden Globes-winning actor Paul Giamatti](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0475592/?ref%5F=ttfc%5Ffc%5Fcl%5Ft10 "undefined") and how he “risked it all” to spark a music revolution, the video’s description says. “He wasn’t afraid to take a chance and became the most important figure in hip hop history,” reads the description of the video titled, _If Straight Outta Compton Was An Oscar Contender._ The fake trailer comes amid criticism of the [all-white Oscar acting nominations](http://time.com/3672675/academy-awards-president-diversity/ "undefined"). The only members of the creative team behind _Straight Outta Compton_ to reportedly be invited to the Oscars are the [four white screenwriters](http://time.com/4199546/only-white-people-will-represent-straight-outta-compton-at-the-oscars/ "undefined") who received nominations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4240298/straight-outta-compton-trailer-oscars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4240298/straight-outta-compton-trailer-oscars/"},"headline":"Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For Straight Outta Compton","datePublished":"2016-02-28T17:04:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:16:48.531Z","description":"It retells the story focused on white actor Paul Giamatti's character","url":"https://time.com/4240298/straight-outta-compton-trailer-oscars/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4240298/straight-outta-compton-trailer-oscars/","name":"Watch the Fake Oscar Bait Trailer For Straight Outta Compton"}}]}] ```