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  1. Allen Hirsch

    *** Official 2004 Academy Awards Discussion Thread

    I thought Drexler did a very classy thing, stepping up to the mike and singing an a capella verse of his song. No litany of people to thank; just sing the song as he wrote it, presumably (haven't seen the movie yet - wait at Netflix is LOONG on this one) - sort of a "silent protest", without any...
  2. Allen Hirsch

    *** Official 2004 Academy Awards Discussion Thread

    Excellent point. And since NONE of the nominees for BP were "blockbusters" this year, a clip of each to at least promote those films would seem to be in the industry's best interest - when else can you promote 5 movies considered the best of the craft for the year, but not that readily seen, to...
  3. Allen Hirsch

    *** Official 2004 Academy Awards Discussion Thread

    Crawdaddy- can you share any of what Rock said? I'm interested to hear his perspective, but don't have time for Oprah.
  4. Allen Hirsch

    *** Official 2004 Academy Awards Discussion Thread

    I thought he said "you won't be able to take your eyes off the next 4 presenters" when he introduced Salma & Penelope ;).
  5. Allen Hirsch

    *** Official 2004 Academy Awards Discussion Thread

    I agree - it's once a year, it's the "big event" - treat like that, not like "the hall closes at 8:30, and we AREN'T paying overtime". I also agree that Rock's opening monologue stepped on the industry's toes, and not in a good way (damn quote thing only took one copy, not both, from your...
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