Oscar Watch

I like to watch the Oscars for various reasons. It's fun to see how the other half lives. We like to imagine we could find a place in that crowd. We like to worship them a little. I think Chris Rock was a big fat dud. He wasn't very funny, only provocative. But, then I'm probably not his target audience. Jamie Foxx would have been much better as the host.

It's always a wonder to see how unprofessional some of these professionals are. Some of them could use the services of a speech writer and a consultant to train them how to behave and assure them that the microphone will pick up their voice without their bending over into it. Some of them do fine with their acceptance speeches. They show poise and grace. They show that they gave some forethought to the act. It does no use to recite a litany of names of people you are grateful for. If you are going to cite names keep it to two or three and tell us why they were important to your accomplishment! Write out or memorize your remarks, use a metaphor or some other literary device.

What were Sean Combs and Prince doing there? I would have been just as appropriate to have Bill Clinton present an award. Wait,.... I don't want to give them any ideas. The practice of having some of the nominees stand on the stage and some of he presenters in the audience, I think was a good idea and probably helped with time management a little. Also, with the nominees on the stage, they all got some limelight.