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Oscar had a few difficult months. The public relations machine in charge of making a more efficient and streamlined show for the 91st Oscars swept over the finish line on Sunday night, hoping to save face after one season avoidable, controversial and embarrbading incidents and blunders. All of the Academy's ideas – introducing a "popular film" category, eliminating four televised awards, cutting some "best song" performances) were immediately rejected and were quickly, if not timidly, erased. Kevin Hart was the host and two days later he was not, leaving a void never filled. To quote Michael Scott: "Snap Snap, Snap Snap, Snap Snap!"
It turns out that the physical toll of watching the Oscars without a host was not so bad. In fact, the evening, which lasted a little over three hours, went smoothly without ance. What started with a bang – thanks to a performance by Queen – continued with a diversity of award-winning films and ended with a groan, when Green Book a film of not really progressive buddy about interracial relations in the 1960s, won the Best Film Award. Surprisingly, the Academy made mistakes, but at least the show resisted some of its worst trends (fortunately no improvised food or tourist gadget), which softened a fictitious general conclusion about television and realism.
In case you missed it, here's a recap of the best, worst and most surprising moments of a show that was always trying to speed up the pace.
The Easiest Crowd : How do you sell a rewards show without a host immediately? You start with Adam Lambert stretching his voice, bluffing Queen between the speakers and cutting the smile to smiling celebrities. It was at least an effective way of getting people out of their seats. "We are the champions" looked a little deceitful at the beginning of the ceremony but in hindsight he would have been much more patronizing when he had played against the Green Book Green Book night.
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Best Night: Partially Overtaken by from the Green Book The Victories of Alfonso Cuarón for Best Cinematography and Best Director best represented the Roma (and Netflix). This is the fifth time in six years that a Mexican director won the Oscar for best director (Cuarón was also awarded in 2014) and the first time someone won a film award for a film. film that he realized: "I would like to thank the Academy for its recognition of a film centered on an indigenous woman, one of the 70 million domes workers worldwide without the right to at work, "said Cuarón in his speech," As artists, our job is to look where others do not, and this responsibility becomes much more important when we are forced to look away. .
Worst Ending: There were many good intentions on stage when the cast and the team of [Livrevert collected Best Oscar Picture. But the Academy exposes itself once again as a group, unable to see beyond the nice charms of a film dealing with racism through a white prism. In several years, Green Book will be the forgotten answer of 2019, the movie about the white savior who has the feeling that he should have participated in a prize-giving ceremony two decades earlier. As a film, it is good, sometimes even sympathetic, a descriptor that does not seem worthy of Best Picture, especially compared to its beautiful counterparts, who inspire and provoke the cold A star is born and Roma. Like television broadcasting, the Academy chose the easy and inevitable way out.
Worst Achievement : Do the Oscars Need Anyway Host? This is now a legitimate question following a show that had few failures and put viewers on the East Coast in bed at a reasonable time. Maybe we do not need a comedian who spends 15 minutes on stage with a mediocre satirical takes about a year in the movies.
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Most Relevant Joke: Although Free Solo won the Best Documentary Award, presenter Tina Fey could not help capitalizing on the most talked about documentaries As late as last month, announce that the cheese sandwiches of the Fyre Festival disaster had been placed under the siege of all. Opening the show with Fey alongside Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler sparked another question: would it have been so difficult to let them live?
The Worst Speech: It is understandable that Vice wins Best Makeup and Hairstyle Award, but oddly enough winners, Greg Cannom, Kat e Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney could not properly divide their collective speech without overlapping through thank-you transitions and tedious transitions .
Best Moment : Tell me something, boy, where were you when Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga closed their eyes and became the only two people at Dolby Theater? It's hard to overestimate the brilliance of their performance – a measured and romantic duet of 'Shallow', one last time – ingeniously captured in a single shot with a floating camera, swiveling around the piano between them. While Cooper has since lost his baritone Jackson Maine, he has skillfully set up Gaga, which has narrowed his most showy tendencies, those she exhibited at Grammy's two weeks earlier. They finished the song together, playing against cheek, with a faint orange glow tapping their faces. You almost expected them to approach a little closer and …
Worse sequel: Kiss!
Worst mistake: For some reason, they called Rami Malek the name of best actor, gave him the golden statuette on stage and everyone accompanied him. He's a nice guy and he made a good speech, but it's strange, since he does not look like Ethan Haw at all. Wait, Ethan Hawke has not even been nominated? Well, at least Malek did he sing like Bradley Coop – Oh, did he sync the lips? At the very least, he sank into character and prosthetics, just like Christian Ba - Nope, I'm sorry, it was a bad choice, Academy. Let's go on.
The fastest cry: The anticipated opening of her tear ducts, Lady Gaga burst into tears as soon as "Shallow" won for the best original song. Once she's composed, she wrapped up the last chapter of her impressive race circuit rewards. "It's not about winning, but not giving up. If you have a dream, fight it, "she said. "There is a discipline for pbadion, and it's not a question of how many times you are rejected, how much you fall, or how much you get beaten up, but about how many times we get up and we're brave. "
Best Surprise: After two major wins over the last two months, Glenn Close seemed destined to finally win his first Oscar. Instead, Olivia Colman was called to the stage to receive the best actress award. She began her speech, "It's really stressful," always shocked that her performance in The Favorite has attracted so many favors. She promised to "mbadage mbadively" the names she had forgotten to thank on stage before apologizing almost for her victory. "Glenn, you've been my idol for so long and that's not what I wanted it to be," she says, stiflingly speaking about her parents. As time pbaded, she hissed a kiss, searching for more words, and concluded with "ah, Lady Gaga." What a pleasure.
The worst censor: Before falling into the speech of his first Oscar, Spike Lee ensured that the producers did not dismiss him. "Do not start this damn mother clock," he cried, words happily shared later online by people inside the theater.
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Best Speech: Lee won his first Oscar in adapted script and was celebrated by evoking the vast origins of his career up to this stage, where he was. BlackkKlansman may not be his "masterpiece", as Barbra Streisand claimed, but almost 30 years later Do The Right Thing! and Lee, wearing the love of Radio Raheem and hate jewelry, ended up turning to the political future. "The election close 2020 is imminent, "he said. do the right thing! You know I had to keep that in there!
Best History Makers: Although he did not win any major categories, Black Panther boasted of a solid night. Ruth Carter won the Best Costume Design Award, proving that a vintage piece is no longer a shoe, while Hannah Beachler won the Best Production Design Award. Before their victories, only one African-American woman had won an Oscar for a category other than that of actress. In five minutes, they tripled this statistic. "Marvel may have created the first black superhero, but through costume design, we turned him into an African king," Carter said. "I give strength to all who come next, to continue, never to give up," Beachler said shortly thereafter.
Best Offer: For a moment, imagine Ruth Bader Ginsberg driving a dragon to the Supreme Court. Emilia Clarke gave us this opportunity by addressing the documentary RBG . "Khaleesi," she says, referring to her character from Game Of Thrones "has nothing on her." She then extends an olive branch. "If you want to borrow the dragons, call me."
The Funniest Call and Answer: Samuel L. Jackson could not help but help himself. Before reading his guide to present the awards for the screenplay, he made fun of Spike Lee, noted Knicks superfan, for missing a rare win in New York on Sunday night. Although not audible, astute readers might interpret Lee's reality-based response: "We try to scroll".
Best Entry: In the only introduction performed behind the scenes, Keegan Michael Mary Poppins slowly descended the key from the ceiling, elegantly landing in the driveway without tangling to introduce Bette Midler.
The worst microphone cut : The Oscars will never limit the duration of the show to three o'clock. And yet, after Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse won the Best Animated Feature Film Award, the co-director could not thank the creator of the comic , Stan Lee, died last year. But hey, there's still time for some lukewarm jokes from John Mulaney.
Best Double Presence: It's one thing to win two awards for best supporting actor in three years. It is quite another thing to accept one when the finale of your television series True Detective is broadcast at the same time. Mahershala Ali resumed Sunday night.
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