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Leave it to Tom Hanks, recent Oscar winner, to share with us the real state of affairs with regard to the American "Artist as Citizen." He contended that he didn't "think responsibility went beyond voting via secret ballot." In other words, be reckless on stage and civic-minded every two years for the thirty seconds it takes to check the box next to "Democrats." Way to go, Tom. You hit it right on the nose (we wish it were Geraldo's, again...
Being awarded the Pudding Pot is slightly more complimentary than having your face on a Slurpie cup and woefully less stunning than a second Oscar. But Tom Hanks was all grace and charm as he donned a grape-bedecked bra and accepted his prize as the Pudding's Man of the Year...
...Pudding receives fabulous PR dividends on the tradition of Man of the Year. Does Hanks get an equal return out of the evening? He dances for us on a toy piano while some Pudding producer steals the show. He's too much of a mensch to hit his Oscar competition with a handful of darts, preferring instead to nail a rendition of "that King George guy." He wears a dress. He watches undergraduate men dress up like women and sing. How is this possibly appealing to Tom Hanks...
Last night at the official opening of `A Tsar is Born,' Oscar winner Hanks received the 1995 Hasty Pudding Theatrical's Man of the Year award and a brassiere embellished with grapes to boot...
Other aspects of the roast included Hanks' pseudoperformance on a toy piano (producing noises slightly less musical than a junior high band) and the star's participation in "Nail the Nominee or Stab the Loser," in which he attempted to throw darts at pictures of the other 1995 Oscar Nominees for Best Actor...