One day after the 90th Academy Awards, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman reflect on the sadly lackluster show, which had the lowest viewership in years. While they discuss there feelings about the show and winners in general, they go through the shows use of music and give each category of usage a letter grade! Finally, they give suggestions on how film music could be better integrated into the program making the show a much more entertaning fair ... and, of course, boost its ratings to all-time-highs!

Episode Highlights

00:11 - Celebrate the Intro

03:41 - Why do we watch?

06:57 - Overall reaction to the 90th Academy Awards

10:11 - Reacting to the Winners

16:32 - Grading the Music: Pit Orchestra

19:15 - Grading the Music: The Songs

21:38 - Grading the Music: Montages

24:13 - Grading the Music: In Memoriam

26:37 - Grading the Music: Best Score Category

29:17 - How they can improve the music

39:03 - Celebrate the Outro

Music Selections

00:00 - "Bump the E" (Celebrate the Oscars) by Hans Zimmer and Sheila E.

38:56 - "Giorgio's new Dancing Shoes" (Celebrate the Oscars) by Hans Zimmer and Giorgio Morodor

Notes:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/03/06/entertainment-news/oscar-ratings-plunge-record-low-26-5-million-viewers-nielsen/#.Wp3kypPwaRs

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