As I expected, Ellen DeGeneres was awwwfull as Oscar host. They might as well go with no host next year; they could save 20 minutes of bland drivel. A total lack of spontaneity made the proceedings even worse. DeGeneres followed the script like her life depended on it, despite chances for ad libs during the audience excursions.
I can only hope that the ratings were similarly awful. Otherwise they might ask her back, like they did with Whoopi. Come to think of it, Whoopi might have been better than Ellen. It is almost like the conservatives were so embarrassed by Borat that they had to have a banal, vanilla host bring innocuous tedium to the proceedings.
