'What if a little—or even a lot of—boring is exactly what the Oscars show needs?' writes Stephanie Zacharek (szacharek)
, presented that year’s best editing award toBut who are we kidding? Even the most memorable Oscar broadcasts were always dotted with long, dull stretches that would have all of us on the East Coast watching the clock, wondering when we’d finally get to bed, and perhaps feeling jealous of our West Coast counterparts, who at least had the luxury of being able to go out afterward for a drink or slice of pie.
The Oscar show has fallen prey to our false notion that we can control everything, when in reality the event is an organic entity that its creators can only partly work out in advance. Packer is right about one thing: you shouldn’tfor boring. But that’s different from allowing boring to happen, and for being open to the beauty that boring can bring.We can’t watch anything in real time anymore.
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