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After last year’s bungling of the Best Picture award, the
focus at this year’s Oscar show seemed, understandably, to be on having a
disciplined, orderly presentation. And indeed, from a set of metallic crystal
that looked like the interior of a giant geode, the 90th annual honors
went reasonably smoothly last Sunday.
During a straightforward but funny opening monologue, the
host, Jimmy Kimmel, offered an incentive to keep the show tight: A jet ski was
offered as a prize, game-show-style—with Helen Mirren impressively handling the
Carol Merrill duties—to whoever gave the briefest acceptance speech. It was one
of his funnier gags, compounded later when, needing to up the ante on the
prize, he also offered a stay at Lake
Havasu.
There was also a becoming focus on history. My favorite aspect of this year's production were the clips that preceded each acting award: quick, dazzling montages of previous winners. It had the effect such sequences do when they're well-done; they made me want to shut off the show and watch those movies.
There was also a becoming focus on history. My favorite aspect of this year's production were the clips that preceded each acting award: quick, dazzling montages of previous winners. It had the effect such sequences do when they're well-done; they made me want to shut off the show and watch those movies.
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