The Daily Beast's MarlowNYC and kpfallon wade through the mess that is the Oscars
There are mistakes that have already been made that can’t be fixed—it’s unfathomable to me that moving eight categories off the show is such a priority—but there are some things to be optimistic about. Given how the knives are always out for the Oscar host, divvying the gig among three people is smart, and Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall have what appears to be an earnest enthusiasm for movies that will hopefully rescue the telecast from its producers’ cynicism.
I don’t really understand everyone’s skepticism over this year’s hosts. They’re three funny women, and they’ve all hosted things before. I’m not sure what the looming disaster could be there.I think it boils down to a lack of faith in those producing the show. I personally feel like a duo that plays well off each other—like Tina and Amy at the Globes—would be best. In lieu of having them again , perhaps combining a song-and-dance person with a comedic actor would do the trick, e.g.
Warren Beatty reads the wrong Best Picture winner in a valiant attempt to make the Oscars interesting again during the 89th Annual Academy Awards on February 26, 2017, in Hollywood, California.The recent announcement that four of the Best Original Song nominees are performing is most welcome, not just because of the star power of Beyoncé, Reba McEntire, and Billie Eilish, but because it guarantees that, for at least those moments, the telecast is going to be about the movies.
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