The Day After

Well it was a long Oscar season which, in retrospect was full of many solid films. The show itself was very watchable, perhaps because foreign winners don't seem to be contractually obligated to thank their lawyers. I found Jon Stewart quite amusing (though there are plenty out there who would disagree with me). It was nice to see a some brothers who have entertained me since childhood clean up and bring their idiosyncrasies to the podium. I was shocked at the low level of cynicism I felt throughout the telecast. Now if they could just bring themselves to cut out the message from the Academy president...