by Will Hoffman

This year's 80th Academy Awards was the least watched Oscars in more than 20 years. The show plunged to a record-low average of 32 million viewers. That's a 21 percent drop from last year's awards show.

New York Time's columnist A.O. Scott, wrote " There is something of a consensus among critics — a disagreeable bunch, it should be noted — that 2007 was one of the best years for movies, American movies in particular, in recent memory."

I agree with Scott, who leads me to conclude: the better the films, the less viewers interested in watching the Oscars. I'm still unsure if this is a good or bad thing...

It's the BPP's Ramble.

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