Posted on 04/21/2021 11:51:16 AM PDT by george76
If you're a Californian looking to attend a social function without being forced to wear a pesky face mask, there's good news: All you have to do is get yourself invited to the Oscars on Sunday.
That's right, according to Variety, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that Oscar attendees in the state that has some of the most severe and onerous pandemic lockdowns in the nation will not have to wear masks during the telecast of the ceremony — well, at least as long as the cameras are rolling.
But when it's time for a commercial break, it'll be necessary to mask up.
Variety's Mark Malkin reported that Academy bigwigs told Oscar nominees and studio and personal publicists during a Zoom meeting Monday that it will not ask Oscar attendees to wear face masks as long as the live show is broadcasting this Sunday.
California's COVID mandates do not require that people on camera for TV or film productions be masked — which is a boon for celebs attending the Oscar ceremony at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station, since the televised event is being treated as a TV production...
But the Tinseltown gentry won't be allowed to be 100% mask-free — they'll have to don a face covering when the cameras are off, such as during commercial breaks.
Yep, according to the logic of selective state-imposed mask mandates for show-biz types, science apparently makes it clear that while the coronavirus cannot be transmitted while cameras are rolling, the same crowd is at risk when the telecast pauses to run advertisements.
Lest anyone think that the Academy is not taking seriously the health and safety of American society's royalty, fear not. The audience capacity will be limited to 170 at a time, and the event's planners have a very specific itinerary for cycling nominees in and out of the event. Also, temperature checks will be mandatory, and the celebs will be required to take at least three COVID tests in the week leading up to the Oscars, Variety said..
What about the disease-ridden media and paparazzi? Well, good news: There will be only three photogs and a limited number of press outlets allowed to do interviews on what is being called an "abbreviated red carpet." And to ensure that reporters' germs don't get on the celebs, there will be at least seven feet between interviewers and interviewees.
Plus, the lucky movie stars and directors will get to do virtual interviews with a select few hosts backstage, ensuring protection of the celebrities who just moments earlier were sitting in a crowd while unmasked with other unmasked attendees.
So just like the democrats who put a mask on when they walk into a meeting then take it off when they leave the room or think the cameras are off.
In short a scamdemic.
Be sure to watch the oscars to listen to the celebs hector the little people.
LOL - sure they’ll wear their stupid little face diapers during commercials. Riiiiiight.
Because the COVID virus is very selective on how it infects people.
This has to be from the Bee. There is no other explanation.
My wife is a soap opera viewer and the striking feature I observed the other day is that no one is wearing a mask, yet they carry on in all sorts of close and intimate activities. How is it that all the movie and show business activities are exempt from the mask mandates.
Haven’t watched the Oscars in decades.
Might tune in though, if there was certain to be some kind of mass casualty event.
What's the forecast for potential earthquakes I wonder?
I wonder just how many people even went to the movies this year. Among conservatives, the answer is probably zero. So the actors have no chance to develop good will. The good will that allows them to listen to celebrities’ constant whining and complaining about everything.
As for the apparent intelligence of the virus, I bet if you put a virus in front of a computer, given enough time, Covid would eventually write some Shakespeare.
I don’t even know of a single movie that came out this year.
Who Cares?
That’s what I’m wondering.
Certainly no audience for and movie that was made.
God, it would be funny if this goes long enough that the celebrities run out of money and be forced into to sell their precious expensive homes and cars...
I’m sure some illegals will buy a home, with money from Uncle Sam.
I don’t either!
Those poor film critics... no work ...whatever shall we do?
I don’t either!
Those poor film critics... no work ...whatever shall we do?
Such BS and Hypocrisy, well I will not be watching anyway.
Also watch for the endless Shaming on getting the vaccine, it will be out of control.
I try not to do the schadenfreude thing, but that really would be poetic justice.
Honestly, The only way I would watch if they all wore bags over their heads and duct tape over their mouths.
I’m not watching. I haven’t watched since the 80s, when a close friend of mine and I would watch together to make snarky comments and poke fun at things.
Install cameras in churches, keep the cameras running. Now we can open churches to all.
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