Two comments about Oscar night.
First, if not “Bridge of Spies” then “Spotlight” was the right choice for best movie. It was also spot on in its depiction of journalists at work.
“All the President’s Men” has spoiled us for more than a generation. News gathering is not that glamorous, that intrepid, that heroic. But it can be that complex, that frustrating and that tedious. Nerds outnumber central casting types. Doing the right–principled, professional–thing is rarely doing the exciting, enthralling thing. Well done, “Spotlight.”
Second, I still miss Billy Crystal.