I agree with most reviewers of the Oscars that described the telecast as blase.  The hosts failed to make the event “younger” or “hipper”, in fact, they just failed. I think the awards went to the right people for the most part, but there was hardly a stand out moment.  

On a personal front, it was the first time that I watched the red carpet pre-show and didn’t envision walking down it. That’s not to say my movie making career is finished, it just means that I am uninterested in “The Life”.  My goal to make “Cheeseheads” is as strong as ever. I think my biggest problem the last eight or so years was that I was an “insider”. I had managers and an agent from a major agency that represented hundred million dollar actors and directors. I spent my days driving around town meeting with well connected development executives who had no intention of making a small quirky dramedy. Hollywood doesn’t make the kind of movies I write, they buy them from outsiders after they are already made and well received at the festivals. So, that is what I will do. I fired my representation the Hollywood way, we just stopped taking each other’s calls. So, now I’m officially an “outsider”. I will make the movie that I want to make with no expectations or desires of it leading to fame, glitz, glamour or ridiculous profits.  Well, maybe the profits. After all, I am a corporate CFO now.