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The reviews are out, and Chris Rock is getting a mixed bag of feedback for his duties as the MC of the Oscars. The NY Daily News' David Bianculli says he wasn't edgy or funny enough, Variety says his opening monologue was great (subscription required), the Hollywood Reporter says that Rock wasn't on a roll, and the Washington Post's Tom Shales says Rock was strangely lame and mean-spirited. Gothamist wonders if there's a generational divide between the reviewers, because we thought Rock was the best thing about the Oscars. It's like some of these reviewers weren't familiar with Rock's material before. At least Tim Robbins (left, photo AP), whom Chris Rock made fun of, could take a joke ... we think. As for the show, sure, it seemed to move quickly and was "well-produced," and, yes, we were happy certain people won, but since there wasn't much enthusiasm for any one nominee, the whole show was boring. And Gothamist doesn't care what Gil Cates's "producer's blog" says!

You know it's the Oscars when P. Diddy busts out the velvet suit! Gothamist loves the Oscars, and we're going to attempt to do a little liveblogging. We might need to order a vat of caffeine and an EMT team at the ready; not because Chris Rock will be boring, but because we think that Gil Cates might kill us with his newfangled ideas and because we're meh about this year's nominees in the big categories. Anyway, onto the show.

Oscar Commentary
Oscar is celebrating its 75th anniversary, I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary of watching Oscar.

It's both a Godsend and blaspehmy: there will be no red carpet at the Oscars this year, due to the impending war. (Thanks a lot, Bush and Saddam...no Joan or Melissa Rivers asking stupid questions...hey, really, thank you, Bush and Saddam!) Apparently celebrities don't want to seem frivolous, answering questions about "who are you wearing" while there may be air strikes. Ha. I bet they didn't want to be distracted by the inane tactics of the Rivers gals or Steven Cojocaru. I'm on the fence with red carpet coverage. I like Rogert Ebert, because his questions are good, but I also like knowing who people are wearing. But, thanks to People and the Internet, that'll be easy enough to know the next day. I bet all the fashion houses are freaking out even more than E! about this missed opportunity of free publicity.