Few awards shows ever learn that lesson or get the mix right. And to be fair, this Oscar telecast lacked spark from start to finish despite an impressive number of fine films and acting performances - and the coach handbag 2011hosts can only be blamed for so much. These Oscars were a bore-fest that seemed to drag on relentlessly but listlessly.Perhaps next time more thought will be put into actually making this a good television event. You can trot out all the big name actors or directors you'd like, but nobody at home paid $11 to watch. The Academy Awards may be about movies, but it's a TV show. Nobody feels any regret walking out or snapping off the set if you don't entertain them. A good host is invaluable.This year, the Oscars hit a new low. Like it fell into a hole.Here we are now, entertain us, indeed. Besides, a lot of people watch awards shows and multitask at the same time -- on the Internet mostly. No doubt "Oscars suck" or "Franco is bombing" were trending topics at some point through the ether.Of course, all the blame can't go to Franco and Hathaway. The telecast was leaden from the start and fell victim to the one thing that kills most awards shows -- a bloated middle. Yes, the awards are for everybody in the industry, not just the stars and the producers and writers. But the fact is, many people outside of the industry just don't care about sound or lighting or editing or make-up. Some attempt should be made, then, to perk up the presentation somehow. Because what invariably happens is that all the big awards people want to see at the end either come on too late or get rushed in some mad dash to end on time.Franco looked like he was too cool to be there half of the time and like the lights were too bright for him the other half, forcing a squint that made his tight-lipped smile look more like disdain. Hathaway tried to help, but the duo didn't have even an ounce of the chemistry that Baldwin and Steve Martin had last year. And besides, Hathaway -- a wonderful actress and all-around talent -- simply isn't the person you'd pick first to carry a show. The duo joked that they were brought in as a lure for the younger demographic, but they must have forgotten that many in that group have the coach purse 2011attention spans of small birds or wiry little dogs.
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