# Who'll be in this year's Oscar Cavalcade of the Dead? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062 "2005-02-20T21:19:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/21 "2005-02-22T16:32:28Z")
there are many reasons that I hate award shows, but the montage of dead actors is near the top of the list. It’s not reminding us who died that bothers me so much as the applause track, since the audience chooses to applause louder for some people than others. And we all KNOW that Brando, Carson and Charles are going to get the hooting and hollering, and then they’ll quiet down when someone not so famous is shown. Allowing an audio track of the audience during this segment is very disrespectful, especially with this kind of tapering reaction. I wonder if this segment is editted to pace things, anticipating the level of crowd noise for each slide? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/22 "2005-02-22T17:12:11Z")
I love the applause. They entertained us in life, it continues with their death! ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/23 "2005-02-22T23:23:07Z")
The applause always strikes me as odd. It’s almost like they are applauding the fact that they are dead. Of course I know that 's not WHY they are applauding, but I agree with the poster that said there should be no audio track allowed during these tributes. Why not just have music in the background and show movie or performance clips…why even allow the applause? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/24 "2005-02-22T23:25:04Z")
Oh yeah, meant to also add: Wouldn’t Christopher Reeve be included in this year’s list? While I don’t think he got any nominations, he was definitely a performer of note and certainly an inspiration to many of the Academy members. He might be the applause winner over Brando. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/25 "2005-02-22T23:55:03Z")
I think Reeves would be well received (I assume he was an Academy Member) because of his stance on stem cells. Interestingly, Rodney Dangerfield will likely NOT be in the montage as he was never admitted into the Academy. NO RESPECT! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/26 "2005-02-23T01:31:42Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > Wouldn’t Christopher Reeve be included in this year’s list? Yes, he was mentioned by **Marley23** above. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/27 "2005-02-23T01:50:36Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > I think Reeves would be well received (I assume he was an Academy Member) because of his stance on stem cells. > > Interestingly, Rodney Dangerfield will likely NOT be in the montage as he was never admitted into the Academy. NO RESPECT! Actually, I think Reeves would be well-received simply because he had a reputation for being a nice guy who handled a tragic accident with dignity, class, and courage. I don’t think politics has anything to do with it. And I think the Academy knows that keeping Rodney out while he was living was one thing, but ignoring him posthumously will only draw more negative press to themselves. He’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/28 "2005-02-23T02:22:23Z")
Bruce Davis, executive director of the Motion Picture Academy, as quoted by Roger Ebert: > [@](#): > > Dangerfield was proposed at one point for membership, but was not one of the candidates accepted that year by the committee of actors who make the decisions for the Actors’ Branch. It’s not at all unusual for candidates not to be accepted on their first trip to the plate, but Mr. Dangerfield evidently took the news badly, a somewhat surprising reaction for a man who built a career out of the lack of respect the world paid him. In any case, he was re-proposed at the next meeting and accepted. He never responded to the invitation, though, so he was never on our roster. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/29 "2005-03-02T17:25:47Z")
they pretty much set up Brando to get the loudest applause, by not only having him last, but being the only one in the montage to have audible lines (the infamous “contender” speech). Ray Charles and Hunter Thompson were missing, although Rodney Dangerfield did make it in. I was surprised that Rodney didn’t get any respect, nor did Christopher Reeves (I was expecting them to go nuts as soon as they showed a clip from the Rear Window remake), but even more surprised that the audience got louder for Elmer Bernstein. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/30 "2005-03-02T17:38:21Z")
Did they leave Ruth Warrick out? I can’t remember if I saw her or not. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062/31 "2005-03-02T19:43:10Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > they pretty much set up Brando to get the loudest applause, by not only having him last, but being the only one in the montage to have audible lines Ronald Reagan, the first person, also had dialogue from his “Win won for the Gipper” speech in _Knute Rockne, All-American_. No, Ruth Warrick was not among the memorialized, and Hunter S. Thompson was not part of the motion picture industry (others adapted his works). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-in-this-years-oscar-cavalcade-of-the-dead/291062.md?page=1)