Oscar Strike

How might the Writers’ strike affect the Oscars show (“Writers’ Waiver for Oscar Show,” by David Fox, March 8)?

I regard this as a happy prospect, as well as a golden opportunity.

Imagine, if you will, an Academy Awards show consisting of presenters listing nominees and announcing winners, eschewing the obligatory and embarrassing attempts at humor.

In like fashion, picture the winners mounting the stage in their moments of glory and, in the spirit of honoring the picket line, refusing to deliver a self-written monologue (or should I say, in some cases, soliloquy?) and instead saying “Thank you” and graciously leaving the stage.

Catch my drift?

Now, all we have to do is find a way to 86 those pathetic dance numbers, get the songwriters to join in a boycott for their brothers and sisters in arms, and slip Army Archerd a mickey--and we’re looking at the shortest, most dignified and, in general, most painless Oscars show in memory.

Now, that’s entertainment!

BERTON AVERRE

Pacific Palisades