With all of these various attempts to shorten the Oscars, the Academy is chasing an audience that doesn’t exist.
Here is a secret that apparently no one at the Academy realizes: People watch the Oscars for the acceptance speeches.
(Oh also; The longer the Oscars go, the more likely someone will make a huge screw-up on national television, which is always fun.
My general sense, as an outside observer, is that the people in charge of producing and broadcasting the Oscars do not actually like the Oscars.
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