Although a time-honored tradition at
Academy Award presentations, the protesters at Sunday night's
event, numbering in the dozens, were largely lost in the
circus-like shuffle.
Cordoned off from the arrivals area, the crowd along
Jefferson seemed to consist as much of stargazers and tourists
as of pro-life banner sloganeers and run-away production
protesters.
One animation worker held up a sign declaring, "Unemployed
animator: Not a pretty picture."
But even less pretty were the 20-or-so signs of charbroiled
fetuses proclaiming anti-"Cider House Rules" epithets like
"Throw the Cider House Rules' Oscar Back in the Dumpster" and
"Abortionists Don't Run Orphanages."
The loudest cries of discontent came from the runaway
production camp, who chanted into their bullhorns "Bring
Hollywood Home" as a cluster of Japanese tourists looked on
smiling their approval.