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A wonderful night for Oscar speeches
Author(s) -
Kashlak Adam B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2019.01231.x
Subject(s) - gratitude , happiness , ceremony , art , media studies , art history , management , psychology , sociology , political science , law , philosophy , social psychology , theology , economics
Winning an Academy Award is a career highlight for actors, directors and anyone else involved in the movie business. But the happiness and gratitude that accompany a win often lead to long, rambling acceptance speeches. Adam B. Kashlak analyses speech lengths and ceremony runtimes since 1942