The 98th Academy Awards were light on drama. There was no on-stage craziness, no misread winners, and the only real disaster was some seriously questionable audio mixing. But what it lacked in high-tension embarrassment, it more than made up for in comedy.
Conan O’Brien was the host and, frankly, knocked it out of the park. In general, Oscars ‘humor’ tends to lean towards the tame end of the spectrum. But, apparently, someone decided that O’Brien should be let off the leash last night.
