I did catch the final awards once the tape was over. What is wrong with these people? It's bad enough they fill their speeches with laundry lists of collaborators. That's what credits are for, although I can understand the impulse to acknowledge debts. But must they include their lawyers and financiers too? So tedious.
Also, maybe next year the famous bag of freebies given to participants could include a copy of Letitia Baldrige on etiquette. It's bad form to say of yourself that you are brave --even indirectly, by praising the courage of those who supported your project. (And we all know how dangerous it is to make movies in Hollywood, where saying or doing something offensive to most Americans is likely to earn you the terrible punishment of free publicity and a quicker invitation to go on Leno.)
How old is Oscar and none of the stars has yet learned how to project any class? Even if you have none yourself, you'd think years of being bored by others would give you the sense to take a different route.
