Oscars thoughts

Okay, the slap. It was weird. Will no doubt laughed, then saw Jada was upset and felt compelled to act (even though she has humiliated him a LOT in recent years). The joke itself wasn't that good, but it hardly warranted retaliation. It certainly made Twitter a blast the rest of the night. 

I'm always most interested in the 4 acting categories.
Will Smith won as expected, which made for quite the scene. 
I was rooting for Kristen Stewart, but I'm not mad that Jessica Chastain finally has an Oscar. Just wish it was for a better film.
The guy from Coda won and gave a nice speech. It was sweet that the woman from Minari stood there holding the trophy so he could sign. 
Arianna Debose won. Well deserved. 

Coda won Best Picture, which I believe makes it the first such winner that I have not seen at the time it won since, I think, Shakespeare In Love. 
The only thing Power Of The Dog won was best director.
Dune won a bunch of tech awards.
Billie Eilish won. That's cool. 
Licorice Pizza was shut out. That's not cool. 

I didn't think the overall show was that bad. Hate away, but I actually thought Amy Schumer was pretty funny. Regina Hall too.
Naturally the Beyonce performance was overhyped. I swear she could release a song with nothing but fart noises and get praised.
They completely ruined the "In Memoriam" segment with weird dancing.
I don't understand why they gave out awards before the show only to then circle back and show the speeches.

I am glad they brought back the clips for the acting categories. I liked some of the themed presenters too. 

I never care if the show is long. Watch a long show once a year, whiners. You'll watch hours of some bullshit every day but THIS is where you draw the line? 

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