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Can James Franco and Anne Hathaway Save the Oscars for Generation Y?

The stages of reaction to the news that James Franco and Anne Hathaway will host the Academy Awards next year are turning over at a record pace. There was initial shock at the randomness of their selection; the acceptance that maybe the pair would make beautiful — if awkward — music together; and now, the rationalizations for putting them on the Kodak Theater stage in the first place. “This year’s telecast isn’t just about ‘getting to the youth’ — its whole theme is going to reflect on this history of movies through the perspective of a young person experiencing the movies for the first time,” an insider told Vulture . Which is a fancy way of saying it’s about getting to the youth.

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Can James Franco and Anne Hathaway Save the Oscars for Generation Y?

REVIEW: Black Swan Takes Its Own Hifalutin’ Hokum Way Too Seriously

Darren Aronofsky’s ballerina-crackup drama Black Swan opens with a dream sequence in which a wispy-boned young woman twirls and flutters to the strains of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. She dabs at the stage with her dainty pink shoes, the stage lights shining through her all-too-translucent tutu. Suddenly, a figure appears from the darkness — why, it’s a handsome male dancer dressed all in black! He looks really nice, not scary at all, but wouldn’t you know it? Suddenly, he turns into a swaggering black swan, flapping his arms all masculine-like and threatening to take our little cygnet — who we now can see is Natalie Portman — doggy-style. What ever could this dream mean? One thing’s for sure: It ain’t about dancing poultry.

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REVIEW: Black Swan Takes Its Own Hifalutin’ Hokum Way Too Seriously