I did watch most of Ben Stiller's introduction to the Best Makeup award, chiefly because I was wondering if he was going to mention Sacha Baron Cohen. Although Stiller's humor is of the sort that brings out the axe murderer in me, I actually chuckled a couple of times thanks in part to reaction shots of James Cameron. (Cameron's wife, Suzy Amis, seemed to be enjoying herself much more than he was at first.) I also found it curious that Stiller was dressed up as a Na'vi when Avatar didn't get a makeup nomination, as much of the Na'vi look was created by computer graphics artists, not makeup artists.
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I didn't see it, cuz I after I found out that Sacha's idea for the skit that would have been hilarious and the only reason I would have tuned in Oscar night. But when I heard that Stiller, dressed up, I thought at first that he was being a puppet by doing it, but now that I think it through again I see it as a sort of way of supporting his would be co-presenter. i wished he would have mentioned Sacha or something, y'know. I still don't get why they nixed the skit, here's an award show where a naked man has runned behind a presenter on live TV, but go figure.