From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, Don Del Grande wrote:   
      
   > Michael Black wrote:   
   >   
   >> She told me they got to sit further back, which makes sense, not everyone   
   >> can sit in the front rows, but also a reflection of the "lesser category".   
   >   
   > I might be confusing this with the Emmys, but wasn't there one year   
   > where they gave out two or three of the "lesser category" Oscars by   
   > having the presenter in the aisle near the back rather than up on   
   > stage?  (IIRC, among other reasons, it was supposed to speed up the   
   > program by not requiring the winner to go all the way up to the stage   
   > to accept the Oscar.)   
   >   
   I don['t remember that, but I can see it happening.  I don't think they   
   like those lesser categories, at least in terms of the broadcast. I'm sure   
   they've tried to streamline it, I'm sure one year they did something quite   
   different but I cant' remember what.   
      
      Michael   
      
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