Reply #4: I thought Ellen was a perfect choice for this year.... [View All]

Everyone is on political tenderhooks - I believe that the Academy may have wanted to keep things as apolitical SEEMING as possible - while at the same time, there were a lot of political messages more subtlely sent b/c of the winners of the Oscars, etc.

I personally saw some symbolism in the silhouetting (making something look different than it truly was)....I also liked (and I may be the only person on the planet that thinks/thought this)....I liked Ellen vacuuming around the well-heeled, highly coiffed Academy audience - to me it spoke of the fact that "behind it all - the glamour, the glitz, the schtick, there is a LOT of hard, ordinary, plain old work (and people who do that work) and WE all must continue to do that hard, practical work - it's not necessarily unpleasant, and it's not demeaning....it simply needs to be done.

That's my take on it.

Peace,
M_Y_H