Brad Renfro's omission from last night's Oscar "In Memoriam" segment has touched off something of a flap. The official explanation from the Academy as to why Renfro was left out of the package was something along the lines of, "We're the Academy, we can do whatever we want, so fuck you and your family too."I personally didn't notice Brad had been left out. And frankly, I don't know why anyone would give a shit, outside of members of Brad's family. It's not like he was a big movie star or someone who had a major impact on the history of film. If they'd left out Ingmar Bergman, now that would've been bullshit.
If you want to get mad at the Oscars over something, get mad at them for the way they treated Marketa Irglova, who won the Best Song Oscar along with her writing/performing partner Glen Hansard for "Falling Slowly." Glen got to thank everyone on earth, then when Marketa came to the mic, the orchestra cut her off. Thankfully, Colin Farrell raised hell about it backstage, and the producers let Marketa come back out and say her touching little bit about struggling songwriters. Yay Colin. Boo Oscars.
