Let Me Host the 2019 Oscars
A Letter to The Academy I’m aware that as of this moment now, the 2019 Oscars Ceremony has no official host. I would like to offer my services for that position. Without a host, the entire presentation is lessened; each ‘segment’ before and between the announcements of winners will become disjointed, and the consistency and continuity of the whole will seem fragmented. We talk about short attention spans and a newer need for ‘in your face’ action to keep people’s attention, and fragmenting an Event such as The Oscars – in its own way – will perpetuate that idea by turning the Grandest Hollywood Evening into something comparable to a YouTube playlist. As elements begin to be removed, the groundwork is laid for total implosion. Everyone loses; the award recipients and nominees who’ve invested their blood, sweat and tears to be a part of this and the behind-the-scenes organizations and people who have worked to put together a whole evening’s events. Then there’...