THB #682: 1 Hour After Oscar

The telecast of The 79th Oscars was like drunk, mediocre sex… still felt pretty good… but not really thrilling or memorable.

The core problem remains that the producers of the show don’t have as much of a connection to movies as the Oscar nominees and winners. You know who said more for movies than the entire produced show tonight? Sean Baker… reading off a piece of paper. He’s not completely right about how things work, but his passion is much needed, both for indies and major studios.

Meanwhile, the opening of the show told you everything. The tribute to Los Angeles was not a particularly focused or poignant piece of editing. And then we got a 6 minutes ad for Wicked: For Good.

It’s not that listening to Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo isn’t fun or pleasurable. Clearly, the live audience enjoyed it. But neither Somewhere Over The Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) or Home (from The Wiz) had anything to do with what has happened in Los Angeles or with the Oscars themselves, at least not…