Janet CollinsWhy I Love the Oscars
March 9th 2010 03:00
Most “award” nights I would miss. The Oscars are not one of them. Even if the whole Hollywood thing probably has me cringing at the best of times, I somehow cannot bear to miss “The Oscars”.
Some people would say that it is really boring watching people clapping each other and getting awards for something that most of us are really out of touch with.
I beg to differ. When do you ever see so many of your favourite stars in the one place at the one time? When do you hear about all the achievements of someone you love but you may have missed a few of their really good roles?
Sure, The Oscars, as they have simply become, are a night full of back slapping and congratulation. Is that so bad? It is also an extravaganza that we only see once a year.
This year’s Academy Awards was the extravagance we expected and I thought really attempted to give all nominees a little five minutes of fame. Only one of them was going to be the winner in most categories and so it was a nice touch how the Academy had organised for someone to talk about each one of them at length. I did, however, miss the shorts that sometimes accompany these nominations – but hey, you can’t have everything.
Even with the Director nominations, the Academy chose to have people talking about the directors rather than show examples of their work, which has been common in previous years.
I miss the snippets of the performances and the parts of the films that have escalated them to the Academy Awards.
One of the diversions from the Awards that I tend to cringe at more than a little – and I know this has become common in recent years – are the really cutesy bits like Steve Martin getting in bed with Alec Baldwin??? Takes away from the glamour of the night I think.
All in all, I can never miss it. How can I get into discussions with people talking about the night if I haven’t even seen it, after all?
I love seeing them all, even in the knowledge that it has all been rehearsed and staged. It is even really lovely seeing all my favourite actors in the one room. I even get upset when my favourite doesn’t win. It is pure entertainment and it is the one awards ceremony I would never miss. Now I have to wait for another year.
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