The writer's strike has only been over for a few short days, but Sunday's Oscars showed all too plainly the bitterness and recrimination that will likely haunt the motion picture industry for years to come.
Or, at least, it would have if anyone had bothered to mention it.
Outside of few wisecracks by host John Stewart, Diablo Cody's shout-out to her fellow scribes (stripping and non-stripping) and some predictable scripted intro gags, the biggest story in Hollywood for the last three months got barely a mention at the Academy Awards ceremony. While time will tell whether producers and writers can bury the grudges and forget the nasty words exchanged during the walkout, everyone was smiles and sunshine at the 80th Oscars. In fact, it's probably the nicest the two factions have pretended to treat each other in decades. Where is the ugly, backstabbing Hollywood we all know and love?
Oh, that's right. It's waiting for the SAG strike, coming your way this summer!
