The Oscar Experience: Lexi Goes To The Oscars

According to Lexi, this choice did teach her a lot about the Academy itself, not only in the decision in her category, but also in some of the other choices. Like me, she was truly expecting that this would be Martin Scorsese's year to finally win an Oscar. She said, "You just can't predict anything. My mind about the Academy has changed quite a bit. I'm not mad or anything and will definitely try to go back there, but, we have to look at who the Academy is, what is their age range, and whether they're still in the business or not. For us, we were sure that we were Hollywood's favorite short film ... we had received tons and tons of e-mails from people telling us so after the Oscars. Unfortunately, most of those people were not Academy members, so we had the public vote, but not enough votes for the Oscar. I think this year we saw that this happened in a lot of categories and for the future I will not predict anything anymore. It truly is just great to be there, no matter what happens."

I hope no one takes Lexi's reactions as sour grapes, because we all should know that when there is so much anticipation and excitement built up in those six weeks between receiving a nomination and then not winning, the letdown can be huge. Many Oscar nominees have described how that time being in the spotlight as an Oscar Nominee is absolutely amazing, like being out of this world. And of course, not winning feels like a major disappointment. I think that's why we saw so many actors in the 1970's speaking badly about the Academy Awards, because of having the possibility of that huge disappointment after such elation.

But just being at the Academy Awards is an experience to be cherished. Lexi said, "You see so many stars in one room, it's amazing. A lot of movie stars really look as glamorous as they do on screen. Especially Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. It is quite magical, because it gives you that feeling of finally having made it into the club. It sucks when you lose and to be honest, it was very hard for us to enjoy it as much afterwards. Also, to get a sneak peak behind the

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