Live television is going the way of the fax machine and dial-up internet. The Academy should wait for their ABC contract to wind down, and then approach a streaming service for a two hour ceremony. Cut the performances, hand out the trophies, no monologues, just get down to business a la SAG. The playing field has changed, and I feel like the Academy is going to watch their ratings fall into single digits over the next few years if they don’t shake it up a bit.
Having said that, Middle America seems to have hit it’s quota for listening to movie stars get political. What was once escapism is now a bitter reminder that the world is off it’s axis.
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