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Not too excited about last night's Oscars. The stars seem like more of a social clique than members of a glamorous dream world, and the mocking tone of the 'host' defeats the whole purpose of the gathering. If it's all just another glitzy TV show, I'm not interested. Even the montages were dull and witless, and filled with PC attitudes. Yes, Richard Pryor gets top billing among the deceased. I've taken to listening to the Oscars from the next room and walking in whenever something threatens to be interesting, which happens less and less.
And what about that guy coming out to tell us how wonderful the theatical experience is, "sharing an emotional experience with hundreds of strangers?" I wanted to laugh. I doubt he sees movies at the multiplex with half an hour of ads that make us feel like consumer suckers, completely out of the mood for a communal experience. My 'wonderful' movie experiences rarely if ever happen in a commercial theater anymore.
I'm not much of a Jerry Lewis fan, but if you are and you haven't seen it yet, you might want to run over to The Day The Clown Cried, a website devoted to the film that has stills, links to scripts and various articles, and even some film clips. Several friends list this as their 'most wanted' unseeable film, and this might be the closest we get to it. And we wondered if Life is Beautiful was in questionable taste! -- Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at March 06, 2006 11:57 AM