Oscar Snobbery
I’d like to make a comment about something that happens every year. How the monkeydicks* who run the Oscar ceremony always leave someone of note off. This year’s notable omissions (to me anyway) were Sid Haig, Jan Michael Vincent, and Billy Drago. Of course they led off the montage with Kobe Bryant because they’re nothing if not trendy in Hollywood. At least they remembered John Witherspoon, I’ll give them that.
I don’t want to knock the agents, costume designers, producers, etc I’ve never heard of as I’m sure their contributions were indeed valid and they should be included , but come on at least make the segment longer! Having a longer list online at the Oscars.com site kinda makes up for it but when I see this statement I get a little incensed -” The Academy receives hundreds of requests to include loved ones and industry colleagues in the Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ segment,” the statement read. “An executive committee representing every branch considers the list and makes selections for the telecast based on limited available time. All the submissions are included on Oscar.com.” (Billboard.com)
They should have a note onscreen afterwards noting that “a complete In Memoriam list is on Oscars.com.” I understand that there’s a time limit of sorts (I was surprised that this year’s came in under 4 hours. Maybe going without a host works.) , but who does/doesn’t get included seems to be more political to me than it should.
That being said, lets have a look at an Oscar themed version of Cancel Culture : https://youtu.be/OWVNxKJDcTc
(* idiots, jackasses, snooty twits, fools, oxygen thieves – take your pick)
Rodneyrants 