…the Academy itself…for being forgetful, wretched knobs!
Bad enough that the show was stilted, stiff as a plank, lacking glitz & spark, and so rushed at the end that Tom Hanks had to deliver the best picture verdict in the most perfunctory fashion…
Bad enough that the Academy montage for all those that died was presented in an uncomfortable split-screen fashion that went by far too quickly, and without any of the majesty of previous “in memorium” moments…
…but the worst crime was forgetting Farrah Fawcett! Ms. Fawcett, icon of 70s Hollywood, passed away on the same day as Michael (we didn’t forget him, did we) Jackson…but was NOT included in the annual “goodbye” montage.
WHY?
Everyone from Jane Fonda to Roger Ebert to Perez Hilton noticed it…tweeted it…condemned it. Why did it happen?
Some may use the excuse that Farrah was primarily a TV star, but that’s splitting VERY weak hairs…no doubt the same ones that allowed the inclusion of Michael Jackson, whose only role of note seems to be as the Scarecrow from that god-awful movie version of The Wiz!
In any event, Farrah had more than enough memorable movie moments of her own, including the iconic late 1970s films Logan’s Run & The Cannonball Run.
The Academy’s response? “We can’t include everyone.”
In the words of Roger Ebert: “MAJOR FAIL!”
Thanks a lot, Tinsletown Jerks! As icing on this pathetic cake, let’s hope this year’s ratings herald your extinction as a TV event…
Oh, and by the way…WHERE WAS BEA ARTHUR?!?
UPDATE @ 7:15pm
Hmm…the Academy seems to have screwed up three times: they appear to have forgotten the magnificent RICARDO MONTALBAN. That’s right…KHAN himself! Review his MASSIVE movie career using THIS link.
