Sunday 3/14/10

THE OSCAR SHOW

Well...

That was painful.

A year after what I would rate as the single best Oscar show I have seen, comes one of the worst.

Part of what made last year special was the theming, but lots of interesting choices made for facinating viewing. This year, it just seemed like slapdash decisions.

The opening monologue was painful, the decision not to perform the songs stupid, the deision to perform the score nominees with street dancers stupider, and the horror montage with such notable horror films as Edward Scissorhands stupidest.

And the opening number? Yikes. A pale imitation of the wonderful Emmy number, complete with its host. One thing the Oscars shouldn't be is a pale imitation of the Emmys.

THE PROLEM WITH SURVIVOR

Not my first thing to complain about the show, but reading the interviews with the first five out, there is a major problem with this season. A good portion of Survivor contestants are still living in their past glory. Some contestants move on with their life. The people out so far, with the possible exception of Sugar, are not from the professional contestant file, These are the people who have moved on with their lives. And they don't have a chance against the professional contestants, who are working together. It does not work.