Heath
Ledger's video memorial was, of course, the final and most loudly
applauded of the memorials included in the 'In Memoriam' tribute at
last night's Oscars - but who was snubbed?
Well, that depends
upon how you define 'snubbed.' Is it a snub for some featured memorials
to receive no or little applause when others are loudly applauded and
cheered? If so, most of the memorials in last night's Oscar tribute to
Hollywood's dead were snubbed: the only significant reaction from the
audience came for Ingmar Bergman and, as expected, Heath Ledger. Most
others received little or no reaction. That guy who did some sort of
make-up or effects work for Jurassic Park? Crickets. Which, you know,
has gotta suck for those poor, dead Members of the Academy watching
from Heaven or Hell or Living-On-Residuals Purgatory or wherever they
are. You get the honor of a memorial at the Oscars and the audience of
your peers just sits on their hands? Brutal.
Still, it's worse to be forgotten entirely.
(The complete 'In Memoriam' video montage is after the jump...)
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