Slog - Comments on Honorable Intro http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro O.K., this will probably drive Ms. Wagner bananas, but it must be said that the introduction that Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep just gave to honorary Oscar recipient Robert Altman (richly fucking deserved, despite Popeye) was the most natural, hilarious and smart intro I've ever seen on a mainstream awards show.... Copyright 2007 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:25:49 -0800 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:19:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by fnarf I don't know about "natural", but it was one of the best things I've ever seen. Catty, funny, confused and confusing, and a better tribute than a hundred grandiose speeches. Altman's acceptance was one of the few real voices I've heard all night as well.

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031050 Arts Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:11:27 -0800 Comment by Hannah Levin Exactly--"confused and confusing" = natural. Or at least seemingly natural. Even if all of that was read off a teleprompter, a good 40% seemed plausibly improved to me.

]]> Hannah Levin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031057 Arts Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:31:01 -0800 Comment by John Eddy I'm royally pissed. My Comcast DVR says it recorded 3 hours, but the recording fizzled midway through Meryl and Lily and then suddenly came back with the Best Actress montage.

I missed the parade of the dead. 5 minutes of 'They died???'s and 'Shit, they were still alive???'s, peppered with the occasional 'Oh, yeah... I forgot that...' and the sniffle for those I did remember.

]]> John Eddy http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031061 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031061 Arts Sun, 05 Mar 2006 20:52:51 -0800 Comment by fnarf The greats who died: Shelly Winters and Fayard Nicholas. Winters I'm sure you know, though you probably don't know why she's a great, but Fayard Nicholas was the greatest dancer who ever lived--or half of the greatest. I say that as a huge fan of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly and Sammy Davis. Nobodynobodynobody could dance like the Nicholas Brothers. Check out the movie "Tap". Fayard Nicholas was a god of art.

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031065 Arts Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:13:24 -0800 Comment by rotorosco I thought the meryl/lily thing was hilarious and great-- for about 40 seconds. That's all we needed. It got annoying quickly after that.

But was this the best academy awards show in years or what?

]]> rotorosco http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031123 Arts Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:33:18 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I was put off by Altman plugging his current projects. He's an auteur, not a mainstream director. I don't understand why he needed to plug anything.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031342 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/03/honorable_intro#c031342 Arts Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:19:38 -0800