This week, we’re reviewing the 94th Annual Academy Awards ceremony where a bunch of films won some awards. You may also know it as the ceremony where Chris Rock made a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smith’s hair, and Will Smith smacked him across the face. We talk about the ceremony: what we liked, what we didn’t like, and what we lamented.
As always, we close with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.
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Yes, the 15 seconds each of the 10 nominees was so minimalist; tokenistic. At least they honoured them – they haven’t always done it, but if they nominate 10 movies – celebrate them. Like the Globes and SAG do – properly honour the nominated best films or casts
Could not agree more…
I enjoyed your chat, Clarence and colleagues. I think reflecting on your conversation and with others, I feel that whatever purity or majesty that the Oscars represented for me, has been taken away by the slap. For all its notoriety over the decades, I have always turned to the Academy Awards for its pomp and ceremony. Common assault is such an anathema to all that is sacred about the Oscars.
Some delayed grief, maybe.