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I am having an email conversation with my brother. We are talking about the Oscars. I remember something Chris wrote that was really insightful about how the Oscars (or Academy Awards) should be presented.
It was a really awesome and spot on post that, if followed, would make the Oscars bearable.
Does anyone remember where that was? I need a link. Was it a Hatrack post or a column?
quote:Next, two acclaimed stars of a genre come out. Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White were excellent choices this year. For 2009 let’s go with, say, Alan Alda and Carol Burnette. Must be someone who likely inspired everyone in the category and someone not up for an award themselves. They give a one-minute talk on comedy shows, do a presentation (more on this in a moment) and then proceed to award all the Comedy awards, one after another: Best Writer, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Comedy Show.
No constant changes back and forth, no sitting through a new set of presenters for every frickin’ award. Just run through ‘em all. But don’t waste that precious saved time; use some of it for that presentation I mentioned. Before announcing the winners, let Alan and Carol show short clips from every show nominated in those categories. There’ll be a lot of overlap so it won’t take as long as you’d think, and will certainly take up less time than waiting for seven different sets of presenters to walk slowly out and flub their lines. And hey, we’ll get to actually see a little bit of why these shows were nominated! Imagine that! Show a quick scene from the episodes that were submitted for consideration, get us involved. Let us think, hey, maybe I should be watching that.
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