If just a few segments had been snipped and some awkward transitions had been finessed, this could have been one of the best Oscars broadcasts in recent memory. chaneyj writes
Janelle Monáe, killing it in the Oscars opening number. Photo: ABC/Getty Images At three hours and 32 minutes, the 2020 Academy Awards ceremony was longer than its notoriously sprawling Best Picture nominee, The Irishman. It was also 15 minutes longer than last year’s ceremony, but not as long as the longest Oscars ceremony of all time — the 2002 marathon that lasted four hours and 23 minutes.
Hosts in the past have opted for a musical number and a monologue to start the show. But if there is no appointed host, my feeling is: Why not just pick one of those two options? Taylor and Allain made an incredibly smart choice by asking Janelle Monáe, accompanied partially by Billy Porter, to kick off the night with a performance of her 2010 track “Come Alive,” surrounded by dancers representing an array of 2019’s films.
Then, in a move that defied the principle of using as many presenters as possible, several of the nominated original songs were not introduced at all. Randy Newman got no intro before he began “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” nor did Elton John before he belted out the eventual winner, “ Love Me Again.” Chrissy Metz of This Is Us performed Diane Warren’s nominated song “I’m Standing With You,” but no one bothered to acknowledge Metz’s work.
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