The guys who made “March of the Penguins” cavorted on the red carpet with giant plush penguins. And when they won the Best Documentary Oscar, they brought the things onstage with them, a bit of overkill if you ask me — they could’ve used them as seat-fillers. Which apparently occurred to one of the filmmakers accepting their Oscar, who called the tuxedo-filled audience an “homage to our film.”
The staging of Kathleen Bird York’s performance of her Oscar-nominated song “In the Deep” from “Crash” asks the question: Does interpretive dance have any place at the Oscars? And answers it: No.
Stewart apparently agrees: “If you are trying to exit a burning vehicle, my advice is not to do it in slow motion.” After a slow opening, Stewart’s rallying.