Ah, The Beauty of Acceptance Speeches...

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I must say, I have been very tempted (very, very tempted) to write my own acceptance speech, just for the sake of how many do's and don'ts there really was at the Oscar's. It probably would have been something like, "Yes, yes, I know I am positively glamorous dah-ling, an absolute gem. Let us all pause, and bask in the aura of my presence--a long pause and pose on stage--aren't I just amazing, really, you must know that there is no other like myself, my fabulously charming self (blah, blah, blah...somebody throw a tomato). Whenever a name is called, to accept an award, I really worry, for the sake of the person on that stage, because, they have no idea what they can do to themselves, specifically, dig themselves into a big black hole (that unfortunately does not swollow them up and put them, and us, out of our misery). It is sad, when they get cut off by the music, but, you would think that since they are mostly actors, they would have learned something from speech classes, such as keeping your speech under the allotted time frame (I think, well that is embarrassing, it means shut up, stop talking, and yet, you are still talking). There were a few speeches that were passable, and did not raise any red flags, but, there were others that were bordering on bad, bad, and beyond bad. Forrest Whittaker wrote a very moving and strong speech (near the end...it was a bit too strong). Jennifer Hudson, was not too bad, she got a bit carried away near the end also, but it was alright. I liked a few others, also. Al Gore gave a good speech, it is nice to see that he is well-liked, because if he had been president, who is to know what would have happened to his image (although, it can't get much worse than the president's image we have now). The rest of the speeches, I am trying to forget. Here is a link to some of the action (acceptance speeches also) that occurred at the Oscar's (aka Academy Awards, for those of us, that never knew they were the same thing). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_en_mo/oscars_133