Oscars® Review: Short & Sweet

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Oscars® Reveiw: Short & Sweet
LENT DAY 11 of 40, © NaimaLett.com/blog


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© 85th Academy Awards®; Start in silver, black & white!

If you missed the Oscars®…
here’s the short & sweet!

– It was the night of The Musical! Les Mis! Dreamgirls! Chicago!
The producers of this year’s telecast produced Chicago 10 years ago.

– There was a lot of black, silver and white.
Bond, the longest-running film franchise in history, turned 50. Maybe those were his colors?

– And the awards were spread out over the top films. No real surprises…
Except First Lady Michelle announced the final “Best Picture’ Award… in black and silver.

There you have it!
3.5 hours wrapped up in 30 seconds. Ta-Da!

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Of course, there were other high notes: Jennifer Hudson, Adele, and Dame Shirley Bassey sang, sang, sang! Daniel Day Lewis made history as the 1st actor to win 3 Academy Awards® for Best Actor in a Leading role. And Jane Fonda proves that her workout really works as she’s in the best shape ever at 75.

Low notes: We could’ve done without host Seth MacFarlane’s race and sex jokes (boring!). Jennifer Lawrence (in white) tripped (but recovered) on the way up the steps to accept Best Actress Award, and Quvenzhané Wallis didn’t win, but she was adorable in black & blue.

Argo took Best Film. But we knew it would. If you’re still wondering why, check out my previous blog, “Why Does Argo Keep Winning?”

That’s It?

Yep! In my best Looney Tunes voice, “That’s all folks!”

So, what’s the big deal? Why all this fuss over one night? Why are our biggest celebrities being dressed by our biggest designers to look their absolute best to award and be awarded a little gold statue?

What started as an Academy banquet for 270 folks at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in May 1929 honoring winners that had already been announced months earlier, has become the most-anticipated, secret-envelope, theatre event televised to millions around the world.

Will Perform For Food

Just like the Grammys® and Tonys® (and any of our televised award shows, for that matter), the Academy Awards® is our deluxe 3.5 hour commercial to convince the world to keep supporting our industry. That’s THE BIG DEAL.

We could hang a sign on the stage that says, “If you don’t go see our films, we don’t eat” or “Will Perform for Food”, but we don’t. We roll out the red carpet, put on the most fabulous princess gowns and ballroom tuxedos and create an experience to remember. It’s Hollywood. It’s what we do best.

God’s Perspective

As a child of God, it’s always wonderful to keep His perspective. The awards are fun, and it’s great to be recognized by our peers, but we find our identity and worth in God, not statues.

David sang Psalm 139 about how God created us wonderfully. Vs 13-4: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

On this Day 11 of our 40 Day Lent, it’s a fantastic time to remember that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, whether we collect trophies or not. I love gowns and shoes and makeup and hair, but my husband tells me often how much he loves me no makeup, no gown, no fuss. It’s all about perspective.

And the truth is that we are loved with an everlasting love that will outlive any film that we make.. But do support our films. The good ones, anyway. If you don’t see them, we don’t eat!

LOL,
Naima

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Naima loves helping folks find their purpose and follow their dreams while deepening their faith. Often called The Hollywood Christian, she believes everyone should find a reason to dance daily, enjoy the 80 degrees and a breeze of the LaLa at least once, and have her Grandmother's bread pudding or sweet potato pie on holidays. Both are divine! :=) -- Dr. Naima Lett, Author: Confessions of a Hollywood Christian, CoPastor: Hope in the Hills, Beverly Hills