The night was going to be long, but at least for a fair reason: again the twenty-three categories, without unfair exceptions, were going to be televised live. And there were plots that would make the early morning bearable, such as knowing if the controversial campaign in support of actress Andrea Riseborough (for her role in the rarely seen ‘To Leslie’) would end in an Oscar, or what ‘comeback’ was going to be rewarded and applauded. rabidly, whether Brendan Fraser’s, or Ke Huy Quan’s, or both. But the most important question: would the crisis team created to avoid moments as uncomfortable as Smith’s Slap in the Face have to mark a tackle? Below, the best moments that the film festival finally brought.
1. Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue
In the effective opening of his third turn (after 2017 and 2018) at the helm of the Oscars, Kimmel delivered a succession of not too hurtful jokes, with just the right amount of acidity, about the industry and its talents, whether or not they were in Dolby. Theatre. Among those who had gone, Steven Spielbergof which he questioned his persistence in saying that he has never smoked a joint (“impossible that he was not smoked when he made that movie that he did not stop eating Reese’s Pieces and did not know how to call home”), or a great collaborator of the previous as john williams (“nominated 53 times and has only won five; not a big deal either”). Among those who were not Tom Cruise and James Cameron: “The two guys who insisted we go to the movies [‘theatre’ en inglés] They haven’t come to the Theatre.” When talking about the second, she took the opportunity to raise a reasonable doubt with an incorporated feminist claim: “How can it be that the guy who directed ‘Avatar’ isn’t nominated? What is it, a woman?” But perhaps the most hurtful moment came with the necessary allusion to the Slap: “If something unpredictable or violent happens during this ceremony, just do the same as last year,” he told the audience. ” Nothing. Just sit there and do nothing.”
2. Ke Huy Quan’s Tears
Ariana DeBose burst into tears while (trying to) read the name of the Best Supporting Actor winner: Ke Huy Quan for his role in ‘Everything at once everywhere. And the former Stopper from ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’ followed him when he picked up the prize, beginning his speech between sobs. “My mom is 80 and she’s watching this at home. Mom, I won an Oscar!” In his epic ‘speech’, he also had time to remember his origins as an immigrant (“this is the American dream!”) or to thank Gordi from ‘Los Goonies’ (Jeff Cohennow your lawyer in professional matters).
3. Political claim via ‘Navalny’
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4. The dance of ‘Naatu naatu’
After the nondescript musical numbers of the songs from ‘Tell it like a woman’ and ‘Everything at once everywhere’ (with actress Stephanie Hsu filling in for Mitski), the electrifying choreography of the hit song from ‘RRR’ tasted like glory . Braces have never been a dancer’s better tool. An excellent way to defend a song that, “in addition to being sung in Telugu and having anti-colonialist themes, is a total hit”, as the presenter said Deepika Padukonefull-fledged Bollywood star.