four Academy Award wins, including Best Picture, in one night. And Paul Tazewell (“Wicked”) became the first black man to accept the trophy for Costume Design.
Fun, nice.But a grotesque and sickening achievement was also notched at the Dolby Theatre.Adrien Brody, Best Actor victor for “The Brutalist,” gave what some are calling the longest winner’s speech in the ceremony’s 96-year history.He’s probably still giving it.Like his 3½-hour movie, Brody’s remarks were extended and brutal.
Monday morning, angry viewers were still hungover from his binge-droning.The spiel lasted five minutes and 40 seconds. That’s nearly three Gettysburg Addresses, dripping with actorly indulgence and stratospheric entitlement.The same way that the wad of chewing gum he hurled at his girlfriend Georgina Chapman before he took the stage was dripping with saliva.Brody, 51, spoke with the boring Zen of a yoga teacher as he calmly called acting “a fragile profession” and said the award “signifies a destination.” It was all a bit “Here, drink this definitely un-poisoned Kool-Aid.”Then Mr.
Miyagi disappeared. When the orchestra started to play over him — rightly! — Brody sternly instructed them to “turn the music off.”“I’ve done this before.
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