OSCAR 2015

True to the very best of Hollywood the Oscar is a 'must watch' for us movie freaks, just like the Super Bowl to spectator couch potatoes. We did not even bother to get out of bed and watched every moment starting from the pre-event parade of designer gowns which sent Dora to heaven, and to me, those 'what do you say to a super star on the Oscar red carpet if you only have 1 minute' interviews which never cease to amuse, or rather, amaze me.

The crowning moment was not the Best Actress, Best Actor, or even Best Movie (a baffling award to Birdman in my view) ... but when GLORY got a well deserved Oscar for Best Original Song. The theme song from 'Selma' this truly dynamic and moving rendition was performed to a tearing crowd. Without any doubt Martin Luther King Jr is larger than many ex-Presidents in America, some may even argue he is neck-to-neck to Abraham Lincoln, who abolished slavery. John Stephens & Lonnie Lynn aka Legend & Common noted ' ... it is a duty of artists to reflect the times they live ... ' and in this instance voting rights and the incarceration of African Americans.

Moving to what was truly amazing ... Hong Kong was mentioned ... albeit very briefly in their acceptance speech. I could not quite remember the exact words because it was unexpected and over in split seconds, but it went something like ' ... to the people in Hong Kong who fought for democracy ...' It was like thunder from a clear blue sky. Occupy Central has obviously made an impact. The story of Hong Kong did not go unnoticed which is a good thing but hearing it at the Oscar is quite another altogether.

My 2 questions : 1) would this little blurb constitute 'foreign intervention' and 2) would our ever vindictive CE has the balls to confront Oscar?