I’ve Changed My Mind. I LOVE the Oscars!

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock was wrong in every possible way, but it made the experience like watching an A-list adaptation of ‘The Jerry Springer Show’

Chris Rock was right about one thing. It was indeed the “greatest night in the history of television.” Or at least pretty darn close.

Forget all the hand-wringing over the past few weeks about sinking ratings – the Oscars actually ticked up from 10 million viewers last year to 15 million this year – and all the hair-pulling over which awards should be broadcast live and which should be pre-taped, which seems now, post-slap, like a quaint debate over silverware settings at the Governor’s Ball. 

What happened last night at the Dolby Theater proved definitively that the Academy Awards are still capable of delivering a jaw-dropping water-cooler moment that can have the whole world talking the morning after.

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