Word: oscared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Vacuous. Base. Shallow. Egotistical. Hypocritical. Offensive. Oscar-winning...
...this wasn't an audition, and it wasn't an Oscar speech. It was an address to a university which in some circles is something to take seriously. Do your homework next time, Mel, or don't waste our time...
Charisma is no substitute for conviction. America loves an Odd Couple, if their most profound disagreement is over how often to vacuum: twice a day or never. But Bob Dole and Jack Kemp are no Felix and Oscar. They differ on fundamental matters like immigration and affirmative action. Big-tentism run amuck, the photo-op vice presidency played well at the convention. By October it was clear the marriage could not be saved, even for the sake of California's 54 electoral votes. Never wed someone with whom you already have irreconcilable differences...
...thing for studio bosses, who will never replace the NEA as arts benefactors, is to make a profit. And that can happen when it's the directors and stars, eager to do good works and glean Oscar nods, who subsidize the projects by working for next to nothing. Branagh's sumptuous-looking Hamlet was shot for a mere $18 million. In its domestic release, the film need gross only about $12 million to break even. Why, Robin Williams, one of Hamlet's A-list co-stars, could earn that much on a single Jumanji-size movie...
...there's the humble pocket production, the play created by a few extremely devoted students, often with a single person acting as the driving force behind its conception and execution. Such labors of love are occasionally bright stars in the local firmament--one thinks of Winsome Brown '95 as Oscar Wilde--but more often they remain rather stolidly on the ground, more remarkable for their intentions than for their results...