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Old 02-24-2009, 12:40 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by Tom View Post
I would agree, except that they included in the montage people like Isaac Hayes and Maila Nurmi who are more linked to other media, as well as other borderline cases.

I'm not overly worked up about this, but I'm curious as to what the decision-making process was. I have heard in the past that they either give exclusive or preferential place in the montage to Academy members, so maybe that was it.
Well, Issac Hayes was an Academy Award winner for the song Shaft (if I am not mistaken), so his inclusion was appropriate.

Korman, Carlin, and Vampira I would agree are more borderline. The now dead film critic who got the nod made me laugh. I'm sure if Pauline Kael had been listed in the farewell nod, the audience would have risen up and cheered she was dead.
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