Watching the Academy Awards live yesterday (for the first time in fifteen years) inspires me to the following note:Like millions of moviegoers worldwide, I am delighted by the decision of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences to honor "Slumdog Millionaire" as the best picture of 2008. While the Academy has from time to time demonstrated comparable ability to place "art" above "commercial appeal," too often its members confuse transient popularity with enduring cinematic greatness. Let's just hope that Hollywood restrains itself from churning out "Slumdog Millionaire II"!
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