Sometimes, it seems as if the Oscars don't like themselves very much.
Consider the current pre-Oscar Night controversy: Last month, the academy announced that awards in eight of the academy's 23 categories would be awarded before the actual telecast, and would be taped and edited into the program, with clips of the acceptance speeches folded into the live broadcast. In other words, nominees in those categories — documentary short, animated short, live action short, film editing, makeup/hairstyling, production design, sound, original score — were told fairly clearly that they were second-class citizens.
To paraphrase a line from a great movie: fasten your seat belts, Oscar watchers; this could be a bumpy night.
