What does it say when I agreed with the sentiments and still truly hated the Oscarcast? What a boring, pretentious, heavy-handed slog. The only time you saw stars was in the In Memoriam segment. And those names whizzed by so there was more time for music trivia. Only highlight for me was Tyler Perry. The speeches were interminable. And screw the Academy. They shifted Best Picture to end with Best Actor, obviously in anticipation of Chadwick Boseman winning and ending on a big tearjerker. Instead, Anthony Hopkins (deservedly) won, and no dummy he, he figured why schlep all the way out there to lose? So for the big finale, the winner wasn’t present. A fitting Wile E. Coyote ending to a tedious lecture-filled, self-congratulatory salute to movies that no one has seen or wants to see and stars that no one knows.
Expect the ratings to absolutely crater. And if you breakdown hour by hour. I bet the numbers nosedived after the first hour.
They were held in a train station. Next year, if there is one, I suggest a bus station.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers-Padres game on ESPN was great!
from By Ken Levine
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