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 Posted: 02/28/05 12:29 pm ::: Robin Williams' Real Material Cut From Oscars |
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No wonder I hear he sucked so badly. His real material was pretty funny!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/27/movies/oscars/27williams.html?oscars
Mr. Williams, the presenter of the Academy Award for best animated feature, decided last week that his one minute on stage would be a prime time to lampoon the conservative critic James C. Dobson, whose group Focus on the Family last month criticized the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants for appearing in a video about tolerance that the group called "pro-homosexual."
For a bit of material, Mr. Williams predictably turned to Marc Shaiman, the composer, whose oeuvre includes Oscar-night medleys for Billy Crystal and songs for shows like "Hairspray" and movies like "South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut".
Mr. Williams, interviewed at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, said he was disappointed.
"For a while you get mad, then you get over it," he said. "They're afraid of saying Olive Oyl is anorexic. It tells you about the state of humor. It's strange to think: how afraid are you?"
He added: "We thought that they got the irony of it. I guess not."
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