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Seemed mediocre to me. He said impolite things about Cuba Gooding and Jude Law (and wasn’t particularly funny). His political riff was particularly annoying, and must have underlined to the Conservative 50% of the country how out of touch Hollywood remains.
And I can’t believe the riff he just did when he interviewed people on the street and found out none of them had seen the Oscar-nominated films, arguing that the Oscars are irrelevant. How impolite, to insult the show he’s hosting.
Update 8:12pm. Hillary Swank’s acceptance speech is the highpoint of the evening so far, I’d say. Hearfelt, sincere, and moving.
Update 8:43pm. Holy toledo—they finished early for perhaps the first time in the history of the telecast. And instead of cutting to interviews with the actors backstage, they’re running credits. They probably didn’t see this coming at all. But—it’s great that it wrapped up in around 2.5 3 hours instead of 4 like usual. Good job Gil Cates!
#2It was tight, it was fast, and way better than the 4-hour marathons. OTOH, nothing surprising or memorable happened at all. There was nothing comparable to Adrian Brody kissing Halle Berry, or to Roberto Benigni walking over the tops of chairs to get his Oscar. Perhaps there wasn't time for anything like that. Maybe the only way to fix it is to move a bunch of the awards to the separate tech awards Oscar ceremony so as to leave more time for the speeches, and still bring the show in at or under 3 hours.
Letterman has finally been relieved of the "worst ever" title.
Other than Rock it was a good show.