Monday 13 March 2023

The Oscars 2023

 

Thank goodness I found a report from Kevin Maher in The Times this morning. 

An Academy Awards ceremony that wrestled itself easily away from the legacy of last year’s angry “slap” controversy proved a safe and cosy love-fest defined by feel-good choices and cuddly self-validating wins mostly at the expense of quality. 

He ends with:

And that was the story of the night. A triumph for a ceremony that needs to stand back from last year’s violence and give itself a warm and sensitive group hug. Quality be damned.

I could not believe Jamie Lee Curtis won best supporting actress. Did nobody watch The Banshees of Inisherin and the magical performance of Kerry Condon? At least Everything Everywhere All At Once was shown on general release, unlike All Quiet on the Western Front. However, there is a great story behind this movie. Go to Lesley Paterson on wikipedia.



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