Andy Cohen Blames Children for Bad Oscars
Here at Movieline HQ, we've thrown haymakers of blame at James Franco (and poor Anne Hathaway) for what was the worst Oscars ever. Apparently, though, our outrage was misplaced. According to Bravo senior vice president of original programming and development Andy Cohen, the fault for the unbearable ceremony on Sunday night rests squarely on the tiny shoulders of adorable singing children.
Speaking on Morning Joe earlier on Tuesday morning, Cohen put the choir from P.S. 22 directly in his haterrific crosshairs.
Excuse me, I love public school children -- I am a child of public school education in St. Louis, Missouri. There was a thing called 'Up With People' in the '70s or '80s. Here's what Oscar night is not about: 'Up With People.' Like, I don't need to see that. It was just bad. It was just awful. It was horrible. A public school chorus singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." I literally -- if I wasn't going to go out to some parties I would have slit 'em right then. It was the worst. I was looking for a knife to stick in my eyes, it was so terrible. [...] We don't want to see this. It just ruined everything.
So there you go Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer. If you're hired back to produce the 2012 telecast, make sure to keep singing kids as far away from the Kodak Theater as possible. James Franco, too.
· Andy Cohen Criticizes P.S. 22 Singers at Oscars [NYT/City Room]
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If it wasn't for the hopes and dreams of those children there wouldn't be an Oscars.
Preach on, Andy. Preach on.
So old people and children don't belong on the Oscars? Who is the show for then? Jaded hipsters with Iphones and Twitter accounts?
We don't build statues to celebrate the important life; we build them to remind us what is possible in our own.
Who is this awful woman, and why am I supposed to care what she thinks?
Hey, it's Levi Johnston's dad!
I believe PS22 was Anne H's idea. There's a video at nypost (I think) where she visits the school and invites the kids to the Oscars. A real uplifting video, but then you start thinking -- why????
I agree with the Bravo exec. The kids were cute and all, but didn't belong there. And yes, the producers will not be invited back.
Hire the producers of the Grammys.
The children were a compelling argument for the importance of keeping the arts in public schools. Andy Cohen is a compelling argument for bringing the arts back to Bravo.
Funny, I say that exact same thing when I watch Bravo programming.
Couldn't they have at least dressed the kids in nicer clothing than those shameless, crappy, silkscreened-by-the-PTA tshirts?