What If Oscars Were Made Of Solid Gold?
Oscar Antoine TaveneauxFor one thing, there would be a glut of aspiring cinematographers and sound designers. The only thing better than winning an Oscar would be winning one made of solid gold. On Sunday night we will see our favorite stars and cheer for our favorite movies. We will laugh at the gags and guess how long the recipients have until they are played off stage. More than twenty times we will see some lucky winner bounce up to the microphone and stare into that golden statuette. The classic Oscar statuette stands a little over a foot tall and weighs eight and a half pounds-about as much as a gallon of milk. Sadly, the weight doesn't come from a solid chunk of gold; it comes from a tin and copper core. The gold statuette is merely gold-plated. But in the spirit of "Oscar gold," what if we do some alchemy...