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Feb. 28, 2005 I don't think Chris Rock was funny. He tried too hard to be funny. He forgot that the Oscars is not about Cris Rock. He made the same mistake David Letterman did afew years ago and made himself a big deal. He should have copied the great Johnny Carson, the greatest Oscar host ever, who realized that the stars were the stars that night and not him. An Oscar host should understand that he is just the emcee at a big family reunion and that it is not good form to insult Aunt Millie's hairdo. His big mistake was in making the point, which may have been valid, but he, as Sean Penn pointed out, shouldn't have been up on stage badmouthing the actors in the audience in such an extended way. It is OK to poke a little fun, but not to impugn the acting talents of actors! David Letterman made the same mistake a few years ago, what with is stupid pet tricks and other attempts at being the star of the show. Johnny Carson was one of the few Academy Award emcees who knew that the stars should be the stars, and he should cool it. And he wasn't that funny. My wife had funnier lines. For example, when Hillary Swank won the Best Actress Oscar, she said, in a serious tone, "Has she had teeth implants? It looks like she has more teeth than a real human." And I noticed that, in her backless dress, it appeared she had more vertebrae than a normal human being. But still it looked good! "Je m'appel Barbra" still deserves the B-word, apparently, as she was the only Hollywood personality who demanded her own private dressing room. Didn't want the younger stars noting the weight gain and the sagging, apparently. Grow up, Babs. Mizz Zellwegger did a convincing Barbie Doll imitation, a Barbie Doll with duct tape around her knees so she could hardly walk. It made for an interesting and a bit bizarre entrance, sweeling along the stage like one of the aliens from Men in Black. And who knew Antonio Banderas could sing so well? Carlos Santana helped, of course. Both did a good job with the song from the Che Guevara propaganda piece. Not a bad song, but I suspect it won because of political correctness. Seemed to be the Oscar's night to go a bit Hispanic and Black, after so many years of mostly ignoring such. I don't think the song was very memorable and it won't likely be played much a few days from now. If it ever was. In truth, the rest of the nominated songs this year weren't all that swift anyway, so what the heck. Give it to the Spanish dude. And what's with the Beyonce-Beyonce-Beyonce bit? Way too much of a good thing. Couldn't they find someone else to sing a song or two? One has to admire that she has transformed hersel ffrom a chunky Black-Pop hip-squirmer into a really good singer, and also slimmed down a bit. But there was a surfeit, a plethora, a veritable excess of Beyonce. I don't know the audience statistics, but it seems to me that the Academy Awards have perhaps outlived their heyday. ------------ About the author Brooks A. Mick: 63-yr-old physician, still practicing medicine but retired from the US Army. Write just for the fun of it, but working on novel in the vein of Tom Clancy's politico-military genre. Email: brooks15@cox.net ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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