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No Host Is Pure Enough to Host The Oscars
“My name is Oscarmandias, King of Entertainment;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
After months of searching for a host then chasing off the only person willing to try, the Academy has thrown in the gold lamé towelette. For the first time in the past three decades of The Oscars, the event will go hostless. From Variety:
Producers will select a crop of A-listers to introduce various segments instead of relying on one marquee name to kick things off in a monologue filled with Trump zingers, said the insiders. The producers and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group behind the Oscars, are scrambling to line up top talent needed to carry the telecast, which is just six weeks from airing live — on Feb. 24 — from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre. Hand-wringing at the Academy has been palpable.
Oh, good — “Trump zingers.”
When comedian Kevin Hart was announced as the host last month, the woke mob attacked him over decade-old jokes now deemed homophobic. Hart had repeatedly apologized for these past sins, but the Academy insisted on another round of public groveling. Instead, he quit. Not every entertainer is willing to bend the knee to the comedy police.
Who would be your choice to host the Oscars? If he or she was chosen, would you even watch?
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@garymcvey, obviously.
That would guarantee a larger audience. And would be a lot more fun.
I hope you guys mean Trump.
If Obama went to the Oscars they’d give him an Oscar whether he was in a film or not.
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Who? I don’t think anyone with that name is currently president of anything.
Aye. Though technically all Presidents are addressed as President until dead.
No. Technically, they should revert to their highest previous title, so Sen. Obama. The press stopped doing this many years ago, but it is still how it should be done. There is only one President of the United States.
[Veering off the topic of the OP] Once any public official has completed his or her term in office, that person should no longer be referred to by any official title. Continuing to refer to former officials as “Senator” or “Representative” or “Secretary” or other title of office violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitutional prohibition on “titles of nobility” (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8).
This is probably the stuff of a different post – but I think ALL titles and honorifics, should be dropped once the person exits the office. Mr., Mrs., Ms. work just fine.
Why not just say former POTUS?
Quite so, quite so. I was thinking that the continuation of addressing someone by his earlier highest title is a throwback to the days of royalty. But if I were a baronet, and lost my title, am I still allowed to be addressed as a baronet? Is a an abdicated king still called your highness?
Not by me.
Or ex senator. Or erstwhile community organizer. Or whatever job he had during the summer in high school. Maybe let’s roll a dice.
Mr. Officer Po-lice Man, sir?
I liked the old Ackroyd skit: Bang! Nobody move! Ex-police!
It depends on the kingdom and the reason for abdication. Edward VIII was considered to revert to the style of a royal prince, id est, His Royal Highness. (As king, it was His Majesty.) His brother then made him a royal duke to have a bit more control.
In Pope Benedict’s case, he still has the style of His Holiness.
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands reverted to the style of a Royal Princess.
Ditto with her daughter Juliana.
Ditto with her daughter Beatrix.
Unusually, Juan Carlos I has retained the title and style of king.
Albert II is also still styled as king, but the wording has changed, and his son has the more typical style of the reigning king.
On the Grand Duke level, Jean lost his definite article.
So, as stated above, it depends on the monarchy.
Although some Catholics will say he should have reverted to “your eminence,” like other bishops who are not also the pope. Whatever. I wish he still held the title for reals.
I started a separate post on Titles for Former Government Officials so we don’t turn this post of @exjon into a rabbit trail of an unrelated subject.
I used to be an officer, but I haven’t been called “Officer” since I retired. I go by “nurse” or “RN” now, but once I’m done with that, it would be inappropriate for anyone to call me “Nurse Pluma.”
If I had my druthers, I would like to see earned titles such as doctor, professor, or general be used for life, while titles of elected or appointed office such as Sheriff, Senator or Ambassador be used only for the term of the office. I can’t say why exactly. It just feels right to me.
Nurse Ratched, instead?
I saw that coming. I’d hoped that it wouldn’t but I knew it would.