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Parasite saved the Oscars from an unmitigated disaster of a telecast

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (20491)
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/parasite-saves-the-2020-oscars-from-a-fiery-hell-of-irrelevance

"The Oscars need a host," says Kevin Fallon. "Hosts provide guidance, inject energy, wrangle things into focus, and help maintain the gravitas that the ceremony requires. Before the conclusion’s much-needed Bong hit, the telecast was a lifeless slog, a zombie that somehow still tripped over the low bar that was set for the night." Fallon adds: "Here’s a thought: If you’re not gonna have a host, why have any of the fringe hoopla? If they only aired the announcement of the winners and their speeches on Sunday night, you’d have missed that convoluted Janelle Monáe performance, Eminem rap for some reason, (Chris) Rock and (Steve) Martin bomb their monologue, and live renditions of five of the snooziest songs to ever compete for an Oscar. Sounds ideal! Give me the full crazy, or give me just the goods. Thanks to its rewarding of Parasite, the Academy delivered the goods. But a desirable end result doesn’t absolve the messy, complicated journey it took to get there. That roadmap needs a major overhaul, even if we get to toast to Bong tonight."

[–] JBran (1803) 5 years ago

The Oscars were absolutely great until Parasite robbed 1917 of glory.

[–] rudeboymurray (3291) 5 years ago

Yep - after another crushingly predictable show which limped from one lame musical number to the next, the last half hour proved that, occasionally, the Academy can think for itself rather than succumb to the hive mind mentality and follow the Globe/DGA/BAFTA sweepers.

The reaction to Bong and Parasite’s wins was a joy to witness, after the subdued reaction/polite applause that has met most recent winners. From the roar after Jane Fonda announced the Best Picture winner to Hanks and Theron leading the chant to bring the lights back up so the other producer could have her moment... it was a pleasure to see the genuine love in the room for this film, something which we don’t often see.