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February 23rd, 2015, 11:15
It was Oscar night again with the usual procession of speeches thanking wives, children, mothers, managers, agents, lawyers and goodness knows who else whom no one has ever heard of тАУ oh, and God always gets his mention along the way. Surely the time has come for the Academy to make it mandatory for winners to make a proper speech and to thank only those who worked on their actual movies?
This year, though, there were two тАШthank youтАЩ highlights. I thought the writers of the winning song from Selma made the most memorable speeches, referring even to the democracy protests in Hong Kong. They also threw in the fact that there are more African Americans in jail in the USA than there were slaves!
Another highlight came when Graham Moore (Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game) made an impassioned plea for young gay teenagers to be themselves and accept their sexuality
There was also one big surprise. Who on earth would have predicted Lady Gaga would be singing excerpts from тАЬThe Sound of MusicтАЭ? And singing them so beautifully.
There were, though, some awards that were unaccountably missed -
Most Face Lifts тАУ Dame Julie Andrews
Most Obvious Toupee тАУ John Travolta
Most Cringing Thank You тАУ Alexandre Desplat (Music for the excellent Grand Budapest Hotel) thanking his cats
Most Boring тАШReadingтАЩ of the Teleprompter тАУ Eddie Murphy sounded utterly bored introducing Best Screenplay Oscar
Biggest Hips (in an unflattering gown) тАУ Oprah Winfrey
Gayest Entrance тАУ Graham Moore going up to accept for The Imitation Game
Cheapest Shot of the Night тАУ the ill-drawn paintings of Academy members who had passed away. Why no photos? Was there a problem getting rights???
This year, though, there were two тАШthank youтАЩ highlights. I thought the writers of the winning song from Selma made the most memorable speeches, referring even to the democracy protests in Hong Kong. They also threw in the fact that there are more African Americans in jail in the USA than there were slaves!
Another highlight came when Graham Moore (Adapted Screenplay for The Imitation Game) made an impassioned plea for young gay teenagers to be themselves and accept their sexuality
There was also one big surprise. Who on earth would have predicted Lady Gaga would be singing excerpts from тАЬThe Sound of MusicтАЭ? And singing them so beautifully.
There were, though, some awards that were unaccountably missed -
Most Face Lifts тАУ Dame Julie Andrews
Most Obvious Toupee тАУ John Travolta
Most Cringing Thank You тАУ Alexandre Desplat (Music for the excellent Grand Budapest Hotel) thanking his cats
Most Boring тАШReadingтАЩ of the Teleprompter тАУ Eddie Murphy sounded utterly bored introducing Best Screenplay Oscar
Biggest Hips (in an unflattering gown) тАУ Oprah Winfrey
Gayest Entrance тАУ Graham Moore going up to accept for The Imitation Game
Cheapest Shot of the Night тАУ the ill-drawn paintings of Academy members who had passed away. Why no photos? Was there a problem getting rights???