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This sounded like a good idea but I shoulda known better. Camille Paglia praises the love theme from Titanic but dismisses Wallace and Gromit as "crap"?! Jeesuz! Get someone with a clue! You know, I love Cintra and would read almost anything she has to say about celebrities and actors but this chatty dismissive shit is handled better by Kathy Griffin on "The D-List". But really, the Oscars are so worn-out as a cultural event that it doesn't really matter. I only watched for John Stewart and some of the bits were inspired but in the end even he couldn't save this from sagging under the weight of it's own inertia. Oh well....