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Instead of supporting striking writers, Oscars plan alternate party

January 30th, 2008 by Scott Marks

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With Hollywood’s biggest night less than a month away, the Academy shows no sign of getting behind its striking brethren.

Academy president Sid Ganis told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a Plan B show is in the works that would include “history, film clips and out-of-the-ordinary concepts.”

Does this mean that the show will be twice as boring as usual? If Hollywood has any “out-of-the-ordinary concepts,” why not incorporate them into their product instead of wasting the brilliance on another ponderous, self-congratulating gas fest?

CNN.com quotes Mr Ganis as saying, “”We have an obligation to the art form to present the Oscars, so we have to deal with the possibility of not being able to do the show because of pickets or agreements not being concluded.”

Since when is “art form” a buzzword for upset advertisers and celebrity egos? Does anyone aside from the studios really care whether the Oscars are handed out in February? Why not postpone the show until the strike is settled?

Academy shill Leslie Unger said, “We have made contact with the guild. We want to be able to do the kind of Oscar show that we always do, (Yikes!) and we want to create the circumstances that will allow us to do that.”

The good news is that normally presenters are announced almost immediately after the nominations come out. As of this writing, none have been named.

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