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Once again, Cameron draws Whether ‘Idol’ or the Oscars, pretentiousness aplenty
a crowd to Oscar telecast
“A
vatar” was not a big O
n “American Idol” — that, it has since been Streisand noted that this could
returning Tuesday night acknowledged, must have been a be the first time a woman won
for another performance setup. the Best Director Oscar (or, she
winner at the Oscars —
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round — amateurs try to look Anyway, filmmaker Roger noted, the first time an African
but it was a big winner
Lisa de Moraes
like professionals. On the Oscar Ross Williams was accepting the American won). And guess
for the Oscars. show, professionals often come prize for documentary short, the what?! Kathryn Bigelow did win,
Thanks to interest in James watched Oscars, with its puny off looking like amateurs,
Cameron’s sci-fi flick — now the crowd of 33.04 million. whether they’re trying to or not.
TOM SHALES
kind of category that might exist for “The Hurt Locker.” But before
only so there’ll be a wild card in announcing her name, Streisand
top-grossing worldwide release Of course, “Chicago” was That limping old warhorse,
On TV
office Oscar pools, and as he intoned momentously, “Well —
of all time — a lot more people favored to win Best Picture that the 82nd edition of which was spoke, Williams was physically The Time Has Come!”
watched ABC’s Sunday night year and “Chicago” is a musical, just held in Los Angeles (the are told they don’t bring enough upstaged by disgruntled Gosh. Not a goose pimple in
broadcast of the 82nd annual which is like Kryptonite for a 57th to air on television), looked of themselves to the songs they collaborator Elinor Burkett, who the house.
Academy Awards than might large swath of the American a little less lame this year, largely sing, but then others are told took over the mike and gave the This is the Oscars at its worst
have otherwise. public. But, anyway, Martin got because acceptance speeches that they brought too much of least coherent remarks of the — when winners can’t just be
An average of 41.3 million to pass on that dubious really were kept short for the themselves and made too many evening. She was hustled off as talented but have to be cited as
people — 5 million more than distinction to Jon Stewart in most part and because winners idiosyncratic changes. the orchestra played “Thanks for saintly humanitarians. In a cruel
last year — tuned in. Many 2008. That’s the year the “Daily seemed somewhat more It’s impressive, in a depressing the Memory.” and heartless gesture designed
perhaps had hoped to see Show” star hosted the Oscars articulate and a little less way, how pretentious an Clearly, director Hamish to keep the show from ending at
“Avatar” take home the top show only to have it score an fatuous. untrained and even untalented Hamilton had been instructed a decent hour, the presentation
Oscar. But on the bright side, even smaller audience of 32 Fabulous fatuousness, young performer can be on beforehand by the Motion of Best Actor and Actress Oscars
they were witness to “The Hurt million. The academy named meanwhile, is again the order of “American Idol,” though the Picture Academy folks: “If was preceded (and delayed) by
Locker” winning Best Picture — “No Country for Old Men” its the day (and night) at Fox’s trained and the talented do a anything interesting or staging miniature testimonial
the lowest-grossing film to be Best Picture that year. The 2008 “American Idol,” the show’s pretty good job of it on the surprising starts to happen dinners for the nominees —
named Best Picture in modern Academy Award ceremony still so-called judges descending now Oscarcast. onstage, cut away from it lofty-sounding speeches given by
history. holds the record for Oscar’s and then into utter gibberish as Jeff Bridges, glowing with immediately!” When one of the fellow performers.
The trophy show’s biggest smallest audience since at least they dole out ersatz analysis. The goodwill when he walked into winners for the feature-length Thus did Michelle Pfeiffer
audience in five years also saw 1974 and maybe forever. exception? As usual, Simon the Kodak Theatre, blew it by documentary “The Cove,” about assure us that Bridges is “an
“Hurt Locker” director Kathryn (Nielsen does not have “viewer” Cowell — who by a stroke of bad giving the worst kind of the slaughter of dolphins by the amazing human being” and thus,
Bigelow become the first levels for the Academy Awards luck is leaving the series at the acceptance speech, the dreaded Japanese fishing industry, tried too, was George Clooney
woman ever to win the Best going back earlier than ’74.) end of this season. Though in the List. Accepting his entirely to hold up a phone number for described as “a humanitarian of
Director Oscar, and Geoffrey Billy Crystal’s the lucky guy early days Cowell came across as expected, widely predicted Oscar concerned viewers to call, the first order.” The first order?
Fletcher (“Precious”) become who hosted in 1998 — the year merely rude and nasty, he has for Best Actor, Bridges Hamilton cut away hurriedly to Wow!
the first African American ever Cameron’s other box-office since become the panel’s lone touchingly paid tribute to his random reaction shots. Oscar’s audience this year
to win a screenplay Oscar. blockbuster, “Titanic,” was voice of reason and even, on parents but then proceeded to Exempt, naturally, were PC topped 41 million domestic.
And viewers saw director much-nominated at the Oscars, occasion, wit. pile on names: his agent at CAA, gestures intended to make the Impressively, “American Idol,”
Roger Ross Williams (“Music by and was named that year’s Best He is the least dispensable his own personal “team” (“Thank Academy “look good.” When the pageant of alleged
Prudence”) become the Picture. More than 55 million member of the show’s cast, you, guys”) “and Roger Love, “Precious,” about a strong-willed amateurishness, brings in
first-ever Oscar recipient to be watched that year, which is which includes intrusive series man.” African American woman, won 30 million souls on a good night
Kanye’d (by producer Elinor Oscar’s biggest audience ever, host Ryan Seacrest. What about the UPS man, for best adapted screenplay, (far fewer, we’d guess, when
Burkett), and costume designer but you don’t see anybody It used to be such fun to watch man, who brought him his Hamilton cut to reaction shots of Cowell leaves the show at the
Sandy Powell (“The Young crediting Crystal for that crowd. Cowell pick on, and be picked on tickets to the ceremony? black people around the room. end of this season). What people
Victoria”) delivering The Most The Motion Picture Academy by, dippy departed judge Paula And year after year, it seems, Isn’t that more than slightly want, clearly, is not stars but
Ungracious Acceptance Speech will argue that it boosted the Abdul; it is no fun to see him those who win Oscars for condescending? Somebody entertainment. Every year, the
in Oscar history. It was the ratings Sunday by increasing suffer the insipid bloviation of working on the smallest, should tell the boobish Hamilton Oscar show reminds us that
speech that started with “Well, I the number of Best Picture Kara DioGuardi. “I have no idea itsy-bitsiest, least-seen short that television is still a face those two things can be mutually
already have two of these.” nominees from five to 10 this what you just said,” Cowell told subjects and documentaries medium and that his absurd exclusive.
This year’s co-hosts, Steve year. It’s true the academy’s rule her on one of last week’s shows; prove the most self-indulgent of refusal to do close-ups deprives shalest@washpost.com
Martin and Alec Baldwin, may change guaranteed Cameron’s she seemed to have little idea winners and make the most fuss the audience at home of seeing
try to take some of the credit for presence in the Best Picture herself. in accepting. This year’s show, of the stars except as distant blurs.
having attracted so many race this year, as well as that of Cowell also confessed that the course, had an embarrassing The great and grand PC ONLINE DISCUSSION
people to such a historic other commercial flicks, panel is forever giving moment not unlike the moment came, of course, near Discuss all things television
broadcast. But don’t you buy including “The Blind Side,” contestants “contradictory” appearance on stage of a the show’s end (yes, it has ended with critic Tom Shales at noon at
that horseradish. They’re just “Up” and “District 9.” advice. Time and again, singers streaker in 1974 — a “surprise” by now), after Milady Barbra washingtonpost.com/style.
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