Doubt anyone really thought that was spontaneous. I loved the song choice for the In Memoriam, much less maudlin and sentimental than usual, but still appropriate. I wonder how many people who were offended actually know the song?
On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 at 7:49 PM Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > I only watched the first 15-20 minutes, then watched the In Memoriam reel > on YouTube. Based on what I saw and read, some of the experiments paid off, > and some did not (spectacularly so). > > I'm impressed that they found new ways to screw up the In Memoriam reel. > Bad song choice, terrible pacing, overwrought and too long intro by Angela > Bassett. It's hard to escape the feeling that somebody thought the > traditional way was too much of a downer. > > The music trivia sounded awful. (It reminded of me of what I thought was > Letterman's fatal flaw when he hosted -- interrupting the ceremony to do > stupid pet tricks. Otherwise I thought he was fine.) To do it when the show > was on final approach? Terrible. And the one seemingly spontaneous moment > that people talked about turned out to be preplanned. > > I will say this: If you want to take risks, you might as well do it when > you're going to have low ratings anyway. > > On Monday, April 26, 2021 at 8:42:42 PM UTC-4 Bob Jersey wrote: > >> Still, Variety reviewer Caroline Framke agrees with many here: >> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/oscars-review-academy-awards-2021-1234960324/ >> (link) >> >> B >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3c2dfe13-9d78-46ba-9ea6-a18faa80c140n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3c2dfe13-9d78-46ba-9ea6-a18faa80c140n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BEhL-Y%3DcrXKnaag_Jr%3D-ZDBgX5X_0qoECaHcb46un2hw%40mail.gmail.com.
