I couldn’t do it. I abandoned all hope of entertainment while Céline was caterwauling in that horrible dress. All the awards anyone cares about (other than the nominees, of course) were saved for the end for some unknowable reason, leaving the first drab two hours like a platter of celery sticks when we were expecting petit fours. And Ellen, sorry, was not at her best. I hear Helen Mirren won. Shocking…
Best line of the evening from the ultra super hunky winner of best short film, Ari Sandel, on his West Bank Story, a reworking of West Side Story taking place between Israelis and Palestinians:
I made a comedy musical about Israelis and Palestinians that takes place between two falafel stands in the West Bank …
The only film from the whole dreary mess I haven’t seen yet that I now want to.
