I agree.
i wonder how quickly this guy gets canned. i imagine managing partners have a decent amount of leeway, but this is seriously embarrassing to pwc
Yeah, "How does your ability to handle a simple task like handing out envelopes reflect on your financial accounting abilities?"
Jokes aside, PwC has counted ballots for the Oscars for 83 years - it's not a decision that will be made lightly.
He did. Thats why he hesitated to read aloud and never did. He showed it to Faye Dunaway who actually read it aloud.
Back in 1985, a pretty olf Laurence Olivier was presenting Best Picture. Hie eyes were pretty bad, so they gave him a sheet of paper with the nominees on it so he wouldn't have to focus on the teleprompter. He got confused, and instead of reading the nominees, he just said "The winner is ", without opening the envelope. And then said the first name on his list: Amadeus. As luck would have it, Amadeus HAD in fact won, but only the fact that it was first on the list prevented a similar mishap. If you watch Saul Zaentz' acceptance speech, you can see the moment when he looks down at the podium and realizes what happened.
They are used to major screw ups, they were the auditors of AIG, Freddie Mac, Goldman Sachs etc.
I found out it is about a gay black guy. That may explain why it won.
