“a nonsensical, visually unappealing abomination.”

So right up your alley then!

“I felt that acquiescing to a false claim compromised my integrity”

Then the country (or enough of it anyway) shouldn’t have elected a known criminal to office. You get what you ask for.

That one has more logic to it though. It also helps that The Wizard of Oz is already a pretty great film for perverts.

“If you pumped a 10-year-old full of Zoloft and had him get your groceries, that’s like this movie.”

This is really reductive. He’s not Bresson - there is plenty of emoting in his films. Besides, even being effectively deadpan and impassive takes skill.

So this news/headline definitely wins the MadLibs award for the day, no?

“The author would like to apologize, all uses of the term oriental were purely occidental.”

“air on the side of caution”

Huh, I can’t imagine why these formulaic, anonymously made corporate franchise products turn out to be lousy movies people are losing interest in. Must be anything but the product!

Not nominated, as India elected to submit a different film.

I must be missing something. According to the official ABC YouTube video the performers were Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, not the names listed in the article above... ???

including Lebanese Canadian dancer Billy Mustapha and American dancer Jason Glover to stand in for the RRR stars.

No. Beatrice Straight’s performance in Network is five minutes, and it’s the shortest ever to win an Oscar.

You got it right. Monterey Pop in fourth.

Score was definitely a close call. It’s appalling Babylon didn’t win there.

In other words, actually tasteful. Sorry the show’s not for you.

Well, except for All Quiet on the Western Front,
which took home four of the most surprising wins of the night.