What everybody is saying about Sunday night’s Oscar show is true. Have you ever seen a
\nduller one? We knew we were in for a long evening when the opening number was a never-ending
\nshowcase for Billy Crystal’s mediocre song-and-dance talent instead of a stand-up spritz of
\nfabulous zingers.<\/P>
\n
When the most interesting guy on stage turned out to be The most candid remark of the evening came from “Forty years ago,” he said, “this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and Had you stayed awake long enough to see Sean Penn accept the Oscar for best actor, What everybody is saying about Sunday night’s Oscar show is true. Have you ever seen a duller one? We knew we were in for a long evening when the opening number was a never-ending showcase for Billy Crystal’s mediocre song-and-dance talent instead of a stand-up spritz of fabulous zingers. When the most interesting guy on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-9b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhonorary award for career achievement, you knew it wasn’t just the sedate glamour of the gowns
\nthat turned back the clock. And when the same guy provided the show’s funniest moment by
\nskidding across the stage in a wheelchair and crashing through a wall, you were grateful for the
\njoke.<\/P>
\n
\ndocumentary feature with Michael Williams for “The Fog of War,” a portrait of Robert S.
\nMcNamara, the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War. Morris said he thought
\nthe Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences would never recognize his films. He also
\noffered the evening’s best acceptance speech.<\/P>
\n
\nmillions died. I fear we’re going down a rabbit hole once again. And if people can stop and think
\nand reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I’ve done some damn good
\nhere.” <\/P>
\n
\nyou would have heard a passing reference to his trips to Iraq: “If there’s one thing that actors
\nknow, other than that there weren’t any WMDs — it’s that there is no such thing as best in acting.”
\nExcept for Morris and Penn — and
\nbono reference to victims of abuse and violence — the show’s escape into fantasy was pretty
\nmuch complete, not even counting the Oscars for