There was a time when the Academy celebrated
the magic of the movies, both past AND
present. Thats clearly not the case these
days. The only salute to Hollywoods past
was the Oz tributebut they didnt think
enough of Garlands offspring to even bring
them up on stage. Couldnt the last surviving
Munchkin, Jerry Maren make an appearance?
Nothing against Pink, but what relevance to Oz
did she have? Major missed opportunity Academy!
It seemed to me that no one in the audience
even recognized Kim Novak (please no plastic
surgery jokes). No standing ovation for this
star of the 50s/60s? Theres no excuse for
anyone in the movie biz not having ever seen Vertigo or Picnic.
And no tribute to Shirley Temple? Come on.
Even those members of new Hollywood must
have watched a few Temple films when they were
growing up. Of course my beef about classic
stars goes beyond the Oscars. Entertainment
Weekly puts Phillip Seymour Hoffman on the
cover when he kills himself via a drug
overdose, yet arguably the biggest star of the
1930s gets no mention on the cover at all?
She did get 2 pages inside, but I was
surprised they gave her even that much space.
Even when I was in my 20s and watching the
Oscars, I always enjoyed seeing the classic
stars who had dropped out of the limelight. I
enjoyed the honorary Oscar presentation and
even the Jean Hersholt award
now such honors
have been moved off the Oscar telecast completely.
Not to diss the younger generation, but the
world did exist before you were born and there
are people and events worth knowing about. I
work with some people whos pop culture
knowledge only reaches back as far as the
Alf TV show in the 1990s. Scary!!!
Scott
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Zeev Drach
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:47 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars - a slave to sentiment?
My instinctive reaction re modern stars is
the same as yours, but after thinking a moment
you realize that for a good chunk of viewers,
if not the majority, Robert De Niro IS an
old-time star! Anybody prior is a vaguely
familiar. All this means is that some of us,
like you yourself suggested, are getting really old!
Zeev
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Sent: March 4, 2014 8:14 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars - a slave to sentiment?
One thing I am certain of is that if you are a
fan of the "Ellen" TV show, then you surely
liked the Oscar telecast. And if you like
watching people pat themselves and their peers
on the back, you were surely in hog heaven.
I know I am getting really old, because I
think the modern "stars" can't hold a candle
to the stars of the 1920s to 1960s.
I always hated those "production numbers". I
would SO rather see old-time stars, and not
just given a second and then shuffled off
stage. How about clips of classic movies that DON'T last three seconds each?
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Tommy Barr
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
I know its not really about posters, but I
havent read anything here about the Oscars,
so I wondered if any others share my
puzzlement over exactly what the criteria for
best film is? Apart from the big one 12
Years A Slave won 2 other Oscars, while
Gravity won 7 awards, including best director.
Surely that must be a win on points for
Gravity? Ellen joked that either 12 Years
would win or else the Academy was racist, and
I suspect that the Afro-American dimension
did, in fact, contribute to the end decision.
Racism does not necessarily have to express
itself as hatred, but it is not particularly
edifying to see it expressed in a patronising
way either. I was saddened to see the great
actor Sidney Poitier trundled out to receive
what was, given the occasion, something like a
pat on the head for his career and being the
first black actor to win an Oscar for Best
Actor, and am I being in overly critical in
the Academy then having Will Smith present the
Best Film award? There is no doubt that
Hollywood, like the rest of the USA, can have
its conscience tugged when it comes to the
treatment of the Afro-American community.
Birth of a Nation is hardly an advert for
multi-cultural harmony, and movies like the
Marx Brothers A Day At The Races have scenes
which sit uncomfortably with present day
attitudes. Maybe the Academy felt some
atonement was due for the failure of The
Color Purple to win any awards? Anyway, as a
non-American I may have a jaundiced view which
is not shared by others, but I am interested
in finding out what the views of MOPO subscribers are.
Tommy
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