just a comment on cirque de soleil....I thought they did a reasonably goos job at matching the acrobatics to the movies portrayed in the background..now wouldn't it have been nice to show the greatest show on earth or trapeze in the baqckgorund? Speaking of which kirby i might be interested in your FOH cards for trapeze..will contact you ..Alan
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:57 PM, peter contarino <pcontar...@triad.rr.com>wrote: > Best line of the night: Billy Crystal - “Nothing takes the sting out of > the economic woes of the world like watching millionaires hand each other > golden statues”.**** > > ** ** > > *-Peter* > > **** > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Bruce > Hershenson > *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2012 7:56 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *Subject:* [MOPO] The Oscars**** > > ** ** > > It's the morning after, and overall, I thought it was a real snoozefest, > Billy Crystal was entertaining, but *SO *familiar in everything he did > and said. And was I the only one who kept wondering if he might have looked > and performed better if he hadn't had his very obvious plastic surgery? And > isn't it a bad sign when the best segment was the circus art, which has > zero to do with movies. > > > It hit me when they did the "In Memorium" segment, and there were tons of > behind the scenes people no one knows, with a few famous faces thrown in. > They have successfully turned the Oscars into the Golden Globes, filled > with insiders and inside jokes, where they pretty much ignore the viewing > public, and give the awards to the movies *THEY *like. the kind that the > critics fawn over, but which not many people actually see. > > Of course, this transformation has been going on for many years, but at > least they used to *pretend *to care about the people who make it all > possible, those who buy the tickets. And in a day when movies face more and > more competition from all sorts of other kinds of entertainment, it may not > be just the awards ceremony that sees its number of viewers continuing to > fall in coming years. > > This was once must-viewing for me. and I have watched it every year, but I > think I will skip it next year. > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > **** > > ** ** > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com**** > > ___________________________________________________________________**** > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List**** > > Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu**** > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L**** > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.**** > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
