Whimsical Chaos: The 1989 Oscars Opening

What do Lily Tomlin, Snow White, and Kenny Ortega have in common? They were all part of the 61st Academy Awards, a broadcast now remembered as the worst of all time, and masterminded by Allan Carr (lover of spectacle and producer of Grease). But awards season correspondent and New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman is here to argue that the tackiest, most disastrous Oscars of all time might just be... unfairly maligned.

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Michael's book Oscar Wars

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/oscar-wars-michael-schulman?variant=41063519387682

Michael's New Yorker page

https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/michael-schulman

the video of the opening number

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw

the video of Pee-wee and RoboCop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETFHeMSIMGc&t=63s

And the book Michael mentioned about Allan Carr, Party Animals, is here

https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/robert-hofler/party-animals/9780306818943/

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