Non Controversial Oscars Shock

According to the press, John Stewart’s performance at the Oscars last night was a little hit and miss. As if it was ever going to be anything other than that.

From the reviews of Stewart’s performance, one would think that the world was braced for fireworks, as the acerbic politico fired round after round into the Bush presidency via a few jokes about George Clooney and gay cowboys. That was never going to happen.

It’s a middle of the road gig, usually taken by a guy on his way to the middle if not already occupying that very space. It’s a Billy Crystal gig, not one for Doug Stanhope, or as it proved last year, Chris Rock.

Stewart did make a few fairly controversial remarks, mainly about the Democratic Party which at least show that he wasn’t playing entirely to the gallery. He could have gone for big anti-Bush laughs and didn’t, which at least shows an integrity of sorts.

As for the awards themselves, I’m gutted I never got the chance to see a very surprising set of results come in live.

Thanks to Sky, Oscar coverage in the UK now means an hour with Johnathan Ross the day after the event.

So, instead of an exciting, fun all-nighter with some mates getting pissed and watching the results come in live, I’ll be watching an hour long bore fest where I know everything I want to know already. A damn shame.

That Murdoch fud has added yet another instance to his list of things he’ll eventually be asked to answer for.