tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post5685230955554038781..comments2023-11-05T06:55:38.728-05:00Comments on As Little as Possible: Broads bilk the script at the '68 OscarsJ.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-34423039093808870222007-08-14T13:09:00.000-04:002007-08-14T13:09:00.000-04:00You're right. All the evidence is there. I guess I...You're right. All the evidence is there. I guess I had a hard time believing that AMPAS would write something like that. The whole thing falls a little flat for me, which led me to believe it was a small stunt, not a play for laughs. Either way, I'm glad I stumbled across it.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-31658510474384710892007-08-14T12:56:00.000-04:002007-08-14T12:56:00.000-04:00As fun as it is to think of it as unscripted, the ...As fun as it is to think of it as unscripted, the camera work suggests otherwise as it manages to keep track of each actress as they deliver their lines.The Jaded Armchair Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511211427198395696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-85237727277601625412007-08-14T11:16:00.000-04:002007-08-14T11:16:00.000-04:00It just seems too rude and subversive to be part o...It just seems too rude and subversive to be part of the script -- but it also seems too polished to be a last-minute orchestration. Maybe Inside Oscar has answers...J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-66136420037943833562007-08-14T11:05:00.000-04:002007-08-14T11:05:00.000-04:00i don't know. is it really offscript? it seems kin...i don't know. is it really offscript? it seems kinda winky standard complaining... like the way they always include digs at themselves for "the picture that directed itself"<BR/><BR/>you know?<BR/><BR/>so weird to see all these megastars together though. natalie wood is my eternal first girlfriend but she seems positively stoned ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-8485811852947789862007-08-14T10:37:00.000-04:002007-08-14T10:37:00.000-04:00Damn. What did Inside Oscar have to say about it? ...Damn. What did Inside Oscar have to say about it? (I only have Behind the Oscar in my possession, as well as The Big Show and Variety's book.)<BR/><BR/>I did notice the patchy crowd, as well as the cue card guys (quickly changing a card as the camera pans around 1:39). They must've been flustered by the women's departure from the script.J.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07815005929352267468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759084.post-69428059222210510972007-08-14T09:19:00.000-04:002007-08-14T09:19:00.000-04:00It's in Inside Oscar, during the ceremony notes. ...It's in Inside Oscar, during the ceremony notes. Also, anyone notice the serious lack of seat-fillers here?John Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778817752411507792noreply@blogger.com