A Brief Study in Speech-Making.
First, she calls a spade a spade: she’s won before, she wins everything, people probably wanted one of the newbies to win. Dispensing with everyone’s doubts by acknowledging them.
Then, she laughs it off. Oh well. Charm. She’s got us back.
Then, her husband, and some tears and heart. Human, raw. She’s got us riveted.
Then, she stops time: this is the last time I’ll be here, and here’s to community, to those alive and those who’ve already passed on…it was a eulogy, only for her own life while still alive. Nothing more “dharmic.”
A bad copy, but that’s all there is:
PS: her gown was eco-responsible.
…Meryl Streep joins the Green Carpet Challenge wearing Lanvin’s first ever custom made eco gown. The gown is gold, full-length and made from Eco Certified Fabric sourced with help from the GCC…
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Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now
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Beautiful! The speech and the lady.
Waylon, does someone have an eensy squeensy crush on Meryl?
Ohhhh, yes.
Waylon knows a dying breed when he sees one. It's funny – but for all our talk about yogini "celebrities," there's isn't a single one – not one – who can hold a candle — character-wise — to a "real" celebrity like Steep. Even if they were standing on a fire-ladder. Thanks Way.
thanks for posting this. . .she's phenomenal.
[...] Here’s one of them: Before I knew her I didn’t much care about the Academy Awards. But I’ve never forgotten what she told my class that year. She said she watches the awards every year because without fail, someone always says something profound, something meaningful. [...]