If the first thought that sprung to anyone’s mind was ‘when
acceptance speeches go on for ages as there are so many people to thank’ then I
will eat my reporter’s hat.
The Oscars are taking measures to combat extensive rambles
from gushing winners at this year’s ceremony by implementing a big change that
will attempt to keep speeches to a maximum of 45 seconds.
An auto-cue for victors is being introduced which will list the
names of people they need to thank – so no risk of upsetting someone who may be
missed out due to the excitement or nerves this time round.
Nominees will be asked to write down everyone that they want
to thank on a card which will then be transferred to screens in the event of a
triumph. It should help to prevent this kind of thing:
Matthew McConaughey’s 2014 speech was reportedly the longest
ever by word count in 25 years.
Academy Awards showrunner David Hill explained:
As you
probably are aware and we don’t want to embarrass anybody, but there is a long
list of winners who have totally forgotten their directors, their husbands,
their wives, their children and their animals.
‘It’s a permanent record which could be kept, even framed
and kept in the family forever. How cool is that!
Probably not as cool as the statuette which can also be kept
but, yeah, if it helps to keep speech times down and ensure that Bobby the
rabbit gets the credit that he is due, then why not?
The announcement was made at yesterday’s Oscars luncheon,
where Academy president Cheryl Boone avoided mentioning the #OscarsSoWhite
controversy directly.
She addressed it by simply saying: ‘We all know there’s an
elephant in the room – I have asked the elephant to leave.’
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