Essay

摘要

For reasons I accept but will never fully understand, hundreds of millions of people would rather be entertained by the Oscars than by this column. Sol felt vindicated when I got an e-mail three weeks ago from John Palermo, the producing partner of this year's host, Hugh Jackman, saying he liked my work and wanted me to write for the Academy Awards. I wasn't exactly sure how the Academy expected me to craft an opening in which Jackman quickly segued into talking about me and my sopho-moric sexual obsessions, but I was up for the challenge.