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Film Thu Jan 29 2009
And the Oscar Comes From... Chicago?
Yes, the Oscar is made right here in the Windy City. Every year the major news networks tell us about R.S. Owens, the Northwest side factory that makes the Oscar statuette for the Academy Awards. Then, like Alzheimer's patients, we forget about it shortly after the awards, only to excite ourselves all over again the next year when we hear that the Oscar is made right here in the Windy City. You don't say?
Perhaps the story is part of the huge publicity machine that surrounds the ceremony, fighting the battle against its sagging ratings ("this'll get those Chicagoans to watch this year!"), or maybe news producers really find the statuette story that fascinating. But as one Yelper said about R.S. Owens: "They create amazing, gorgeous, world-class statuettes and awards which are bestowed to the mediocre performers honored at the Academy Awards, Emmys and MTV Awards. But that's not their fault." Like any savvy Chicagoan, it sounds like Ellen M. knows where the real story is.
Let's not forget that next year.