2005 Oscars - Has it Jumped the Shark?

Libertas thunks so.  And as far as the new award giving system goes this year, I think it a terrible change that may very well cause the awards to be even more irrelevant than they already are. 

And though I don't find the entire Chris Rock "controversy" all that much of a controversy, I still wonder why a man who obviously holds a good deal of disdain for an award is asked to host the show that gives them out.  Maybe Gil Cates did not know this before, but my feeling is Cates doesn't care.  He thought he could get something out of Rock's hosting and I believe it will backfire.  Whoopi Goldberg is a similar type host (in that she can be racy and edgy) and her stints never did well either. 

Better to have someone safe like Crystal, if you ask me.  I hate it when a host tries to get in the way.  Why do you think the darn thing takes so long?  Here is an interesting article from Slate discussing Rock.  I can't say I agree with the entire premise, but much of it does hold true.

In the end, I wonder why they can't just keep the class.  This is happening in baseball, thanks to Fox Sports and it drives me crazy.  It's the event itself that sells, not how it's packaged.  Why oh why won't the producers see this?  I'll be back probably Saturday with my picks for what should be a terrible broadcast.  That is all.

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[Keiper]

That's pretty funny, actually. Don't know if it's intentionally funny or not, but I'll probably know afterward.

Whoopi Goldberg...God. I hated her when she hosted the Oscars. The second time she was more tame, but the first...dear Lord. The whole night was just:

Whoopi: [insert poor joke]
Audience: *chuckles mildly*
Whoopi: *laughs to herself*
Audience: *chuckles mildly*
Whoopi: [insert an improv joke that isn't even funny, followed by Whoopi laughing at her own bad joke]
Audience: *chuckles mildly*

Side-note:

"Interesting footnote here: Time was apparently prepared to name Gibson and Moore the Men of the Year, until it was nixed by Gibson - who wouldn’t sit for the joint inverview with Moore"

My opinion of Mel Gibson just went through the roof 8)

Apparently Moore claimed Gibson was accused of no more White House invitations if his film financed "Farenheit 9/11." But as Gibson's publicist says...

"...in the last 10 years Mel Gibson hasn't accepted any invitations from the White House, so why would he be concerned NOW about not getting one?"