I’m feeling a little creaky this morning
as I stayed up until the wee hours last night, as any self-respecting movie nut
is required to do on Oscar night. I’m glad I did because I got to see a scene that
will certainly go down in Academy Awards history for the sheer infamy of the
moment. Someone at Price-Waterhouse is certainly going to be looking for a job today.
That person sent Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway out on stage for the biggest
award of the night with the wrong envelope.
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| The Classy Moment |
I knew something was amiss when the
cast of La La Land took the stage after their film was announced as Best
Picture. There were numerous guys running through the cast taking away their
envelopes from prior wins. Mid-way through his speech the La La Land producer
changed tact and in what will go down as one of the classiest moves ever announced
Moonlight as the actual best picture winner. The awesome beauty of live
television!
I liked the Oscar show. Jimmy Kimmel was
an adequate host but seemed a little overwhelmed with the job. The show got off
to one of the best starts ever with a rousing rendition of one of the nominated
songs that had the entire place dancing. Kimmel did have his moments with some shrewd
skewering of the president and an absolutely hilarious moment when he arranged for
an unsuspecting group of Hollywood tourists to be escorted into the hall to
meet the biggest movie stars in the world.
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| Viola!!! |
Viola Davis had the best acceptance
speech of the night. She literally vibrated with class and power in defending
her profession. The speeches overall were pretty good and in a big surprise
didn’t wander too much into the political arena. I’m sure the troglodyte
element of the our president’s supporters were freaked out with two black
acting awards including one for a practicing Muslim and Moonlight’s LBGT love
story taking home best picture (belatedly as it was).
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| Denzel Performing an Impromptu Wedding for Tourists |
As soon as the show as over I made a
quick call to New Jersey to compare notes with my daughter and Wingman. They were
similarly astounded at the ending that had just played out. In a huge upset I
actually tied my daughter in the number of correct predictions. This is usually
a contest she roundly trounces me. They enjoyed watching the show with some friends
and reveled (back on east coast time) in having the show start after my
granddaughter’s bed time which allowed them unfettered adult TV viewing; a
truly priceless gift when there is a one year old in residence (no matter how charming).
Unfortunately in an effort to stay
alert for the show I consumed way too much caffeine. I ended up getting 2 hours
sleep after some serious tossing and turning following the show. I gave up on
late night television and chronicled all the strange noises an empty house
makes late at night that I’m usually sleeping soundly through. Of these types
of experiences are ghost stories concocted.
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| My Wife, The bathing Beauty |
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| She looks a Little Nervous (in hat on Right) |
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| View During Boat Trip to Island |
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| Their Destination |
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| Graceful Unloading |
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| The Family Command Center |
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| A Little Warmer There |
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| Sunset Chasing them Home |
My wife spent the entire day on an
idyllic Pacific island for an extended family gathering. They had a great day
lounging on the beach. One of her cousins broke his collar bone by aggressively
going after a fish who was a little too clever for his spear-gunning pursuer.
Luckily his sister recently graduated as a doctor was also on the trip. My wife
recounted her adventures which only served to remind me that I haven’t made my
annual winter trip to Panama this year. I’m waiting for the closing date on our
condo to avoid multiple trips such as I’ve had to make over the past few years.
It looks like I’m going to miss out on the best time of year (and conversely the
worse here) to travel there. So it goes.
Today’s Soxfather’s Sister’s morale photo
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