{"id":931,"date":"2008-02-24T13:35:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-24T20:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/handicapping-the-oscars\/"},"modified":"2008-02-24T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-24T20:39:42","slug":"handicapping-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/handicapping-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Handicapping the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OscarYou got a last minute Oscar ballot to fill out? Are you minutes away from dashing out the door to attend an Oscar party of the type I used to throw until I just got so tired of the ceremony I just couldn’t take it anymore? Here’s your salvation, Courtesy of Charles Reece over at amoeba.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you don’t read his blog, you should. Charles routinely takes a scalpel to an array of film-related subjects and dissects them very carefully and with a great deal of large words. And then he takes that scalpel and stabs the subject a few more times for good measure, because, well, as long as he’s holding the damned thing he might as well use it.<\/p>\n

Here’s an excerpt — his analysis of the Best Supporting Actor category.<\/p>\n

Well, Holbrook’s old, so the Academy might give it to him. It ain’t likely they’ll get another chance. But I’m going with prevailing opinion, Bardem. He’s playing a part that’s eccentric enough to say “acting-with-a-capital-A” and Holbrook’s never been big enough to make anyone think he’s been screwed over by not getting an Oscar — in other words, he’s a “tv actor.” Affleck’s still young and his character is so unlikable, yet plausible as a real guy, that it’s probably not clear how much of it’s acting. Hoffman’s already gotten enough attention. Wilkinson devours all surroundings, but his character ain’t as cool as Bardem’s.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here<\/a> to read “Oscar And The Grouch,” his take on tonight’s ceremony, which, in classic Chaz style, is about as misanthropic and cantankerous as we’d expect. And probably right on the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You got a last minute Oscar ballot to fill out? Are you minutes away from dashing out the door to attend an Oscar party of the type I used to throw until I just got so tired of the ceremony I just couldn’t take it anymore? Here’s your salvation, Courtesy of Charles Reece over at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,267],"tags":[275,470,276,493],"class_list":["post-931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cinema","category-oscars","tag-academy-awards","tag-amoeba","tag-charles-reece","tag-oscars"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t