Has Oscar learned its lesson, or if I watch will I be like Charlie Brown falling for the old Lucy football trick again?
All the categories cut from last year’s broadcast (including that for Best Original Score) have been restored after widespread outrage from both industry insiders and anyone who cares about movies. Naturally, the Academy Awards being the Academy Awards, the ceremony ran close to four hours anyway.
Having given up on the broadcast a few years ago, I never anticipated there could even be a question. The Oscars and me are quits! I continue to lay out my usual Oscar spread of delectable finger foods, but instead watch Best Picture winners I enjoy from the past. Then the next morning, I catch up on all the highlights from the broadcast, just to fuel my anger.
But there are actually some interesting people up for awards this year, not all the nominated films are terrible, and Jimmy Kimmel is hosting. If they can keep from screwing up the tone and pace of the “In Memoriam” segment, as they’ve done the past two years, it might just be worth watching.
At any rate, it’s an excuse to pile on the shrimp, the hummus, the chips, the beer, and the ice cream.
That football under Lucy’s index finger is starting to look mighty tantalizing…
THE RED CARPET PRE-SHOW, THOUGH, WILL ALWAYS BE STRICTLY POISON.