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By the way, here's a snip from an article about the memoriam in 2002, from WENN: The family of late great singer Peggy Lee have lashed out at the Oscars organisers for leaving her out of the annual In Memoriam segment of the awards show. Lee, who died in January, was mysteriously left out of the tributes at the Academy Awards last month, leading her daughter Nicki Lee Foster to write to Academy director Bruce Davis demanding an explanation. Foster is also demanding that her mother be remembered next year, but Davis insists that won't happen. He admits he has hundreds of similar letters from people who feel their loved ones were wrongly omitted. He says, "The In Memoriam segment generates more response than anything else we do and it's all negative." Davis admits the telecast simply doesn't have time to remember the 100-plus Academy members who pass each year. He adds, "It is a very cruel couple of weeks toward the end as selections are made."

I remember seeing this a long time ago, but damn it all, I can't seem to recall the name of the short.

I don't see the need to bash Peggy Lee Well, you seem to be confusing criticism of Lee's relatives with criticism of her. just because her family was expressing their feelings. I also noticed that she was left out of that year's tribute, and I for one am glad that her family had something to say about it. ...did you notice any of the hundreds of other people who worked in Hollywood who were left out, and should all their families have complained? How long is the tribute supposed to be? Even if Lee's relatives had done only that, it wouldn't have been so bad; the part of their behavior that sucked was whining in an official statement about another dead person's inclusion in the thing. She deserved to be recognized just as much as Aaliyah did. The memorial segment isn't about who 'deserved' to be included. Again, which industry workers out of the hundreds who die every year do not deserve to be included? Peggy may not have had a very big career in movies, but she was very effective in the movies that she did make. Hey, no argument there, I liked both her acting and music better than Aaliyah's. That doesn't excuse her relatives acting the way they did. And I'm also glad that the Academy does their "In Memoriam" segment, because it sheds a little light on actors who would otherwise be forgotten if they didn't have some sort of mention. Generally, the people in that tribute are those who are already famous, so I'd disagree that they would otherwise be forgotten if they weren't included. Let people see their faces and say "Oh yeah, I remember that person - they were great" or something to that effect. That happens sometimes, sure. But judging from the variable applause, the audience seems to be wondering "Who the heck is that?" at least as often as they say, "They were great". Obviously, that's not a good thing, especially if the un-applauded person's relatives are watching, and the live audience should be asked to hold all clapping till the end, IMO. But no matter whether they applaud or not, there are always going to be people who are left out of the tribute, whose families will probably feel bad about it.

Perhaps this jettisoning of the very mention of many veterans' names is part of an overall trend since even in 2002, Dorothy McGuire's name was omitted from the memorial tribute--while the relatively insignificant contribution of pop star Aaliyah was remembered. So, you'd like to have seen Aaliyah's name taken out of the tribute? You aren't the first person to complain about that, actually. Peggy Lee's name was left out that same year and her relatives registered a big public complaint in which they specifically targeted Aaliyah for getting included while Lee didn't. Very petty and really rather nasty way to go about expressing their feelings, to denigrate another dead actor, especially one who died at, what, 21? 22? No, she didn't make as big a contribution as Singleton, McGuire or Lee--she didn't have a chance to--and no doubt that's one reason why she did end up in the tribute: dying at that age is a lot more tragic. Furthermore if there are 400 recently dead Academy members, obviously they can't all be included, no matter how devoted they ALL were to their work. Personally I think the whole In Memoriam segment is a bad idea and ought to be dropped. It's a turn-off to hear people applauding wildly for one name and then barely hearing so much as a cough for the next.

Well, I saw it--very disappointing. (The remake not the original).