"The Academy of Arts and Sciences, in a burst of oratory and love, held it's annual award dinner some nights ago, an event that seemed to have been epitomized by the comment of an inebriate who stood on the steps leading into the Biltmore Bowl at the height of the praise harvest and mumbled, 'If a breath of sincerity got into this room a thousand people would fall dead.'"
-So begins this irreverent article about the Academy of Arts and Sciences and their annual self-adoration fest, commonly known as 'the Oscars'. Published in a magazine that catered to New York theater lovers, the article was composed by an unidentified correspondent who was not very impressed by the whole affair but managed to present a thorough history of the Oscars, nonetheless.
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