well put Bruce
>
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>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [MOPO] The Oscars
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:55:41 -0600
>
>>It's the morning after, and overall, I thought it was a real
>snoozefest,
>>Billy Crystal was entertaining, but *SO *familiar in everything he
>did and
>>said. And was I the only one who kept wondering if he might have
>looked and
>>performed better if he hadn't had his very obvious plastic surgery?
>And
>>isn't it a bad sign when the best segment was the circus art, which
>has
>>zero to do with movies.
>>
>>It hit me when they did the "In Memorium" segment, and there were
>tons of
>>behind the scenes people no one knows, with a few famous faces
>thrown in.
>>They have successfully turned the Oscars into the Golden Globes,
>filled
>>with insiders and inside jokes, where they pretty much ignore the
>viewing
>>public, and give the awards to the movies *THEY *like. the kind that
>the
>>critics fawn over, but which not many people actually see.
>>
>>Of course, this transformation has been going on for many years, but
>at
>>least they used to *pretend *to care about the people who make it
>all
>>possible, those who buy the tickets. And in a day when movies face
>more and
>>more competition from all sorts of other kinds of entertainment, it
>may not
>>be just the awards ceremony that sees its number of viewers
>continuing to
>>fall in coming years.
>>
>>This was once must-viewing for me. and I have watched it every year,
>but I
>>think I will skip it next year.
>>
>>Bruce
>>
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