The State of Oscar. 012020. The Sadness of the Long Distance (Oscar) Runner.

It struck about halfway through the SAG Awards on Sunday night... which followed the PGAs on Saturday... which followed the ACE Awards on Friday... which followed Oscar nominations last Monday... which followed BFCA/CCAs on Sunday... which followed LAFCA on Saturday... which followed NBR on Wednesday... which followed NYFCC on Tuesday... which followed The Globes on Sunday.

People in the business of getting the talent from event to event, of covering the same, and of fighting to get to the gold ring of Oscar are whining relentlessly about the short season, which is one reason why the award show pile-up feels so extreme this season. (I spoke to the short season last week.)

Aside from the argument that a shorter season is, in my view, absolutely necessary for the ongoing power of The Academy Awards, what struck me last night during SAG was this... we have 3 more f-ing weeks to go until they actually hand out the damned Oscars.

THREE WEEKS!!!!

And what will happen in those three agonizing we…