Even Before Will Smith, It Was a Strange and Awkward Oscars 2022

After all the weeks of hue and cry about ABC pressuring the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences into giving out eight of the Oscars 2022 before the primetime broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards began, this year’s ostensibly streamlined show had a lot to do to prove itself. If the argument was that a trimmed down show is a better show, then a better show they would have to present. Watching the stilted red carpet interviews while Dune won four awards and Riz Ahmed accepted a trophy for his live action short inside the Dolby Theatre was a… Read Full Article