I have to agree. It reminds me of the applause at the high school graduations. Repectful silence would seem more appropriate.

No BadlyDrawnBoy we don't have the moment of silence in America.

Do you have indoor plumbing in England?

Pants,
I was not trying to be facetious, I was genuinely asking. Sorry if it rubbed you the wrong way. I have not been to a sporting event in the US where I have seen this happen.

-bdb

not only do I find it odd to clap for the deceased 'during' the Oscar montage retrospect, I find it really pretentious when actors clap for themselves

Not only was I clapping, I was cheering: "Woohoo!! Wendy Hiller! You can suck it Gregory Peck! Woot! Woot!"

That reminds me: I'll tell you what's really sad; when you're watching the Oscars and they do the In Memorial montage and you realize that someone you loved died during the year and this is the first you've heard about it. I had no idea Wendy Hiller died untill I saw it on the Oscars.

same here

They aren't clapping for themselves...they're clapping for the movie they are representing and all the people who worked on it...at least that's what I've heard actors say about this. But yeah, if it were me, I'd just smile and nod at the camera.

Is it wrong that I don't care? :)

I thought this was going to be a thread about Theron's transparent "emotional" acceptance speech. :(

I cried the year Brandon lee died and was shown, since then no other dead actor has really made my give a toss

Clap or no clap, who gives, they all lived better lives than most of us and had opportunities we could only dream of.

Gregory Hines was the worst one for me this year . . .

but not if your name is Leni Riefenstahl... ;)

Considering that this is an award show that openly applauds pedophiles and honors Nazi propagandists, nothing really surprises me...

that has always bugged me too but this year was way worse because of the katherine hepburn tribute! they singled her out of the montage completely and did a separate tribute to her career! -ohbfrank- talk about a slap in the face.

i realize they also did it for bob hope but the way the handled it was different, they paid tribute to a man who helped make the oscar show what it is today and not a tribute to his career and life.

You said it!

I was surprised when Leni Riefenstahl came up in the montage. Back when she died, I expected there to be some big hoo-ha about whether or not to include her in the tribute. Since there needs to be some big contraversy every year or so. I had completely forgotten about this when Oscar time road around.

I think the applause dipped off lightly, but at least there was no 'boo's'.

hey....

I seriously hope you are not comparning these two people.

you....