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The performance lived up to the hype.
It was, like the movie from which it came, both epic and intimate.
(Well, that andOlivia Colman blowing a raspberry in the middle of her acceptance speech.)
After all that promotion, though, the Oscar producers snuck the Shallow performance on us.
No one introduced Cooper and Gaga.
This time they were on the same level, staring into each others eyes nay, each others souls?
while Cooper sang the first verse in his own voice rather than Jackson Maines.
while wearing what appeared to be the Heart of the Ocean around her neck.
Actually, it wasa necklace once worn by Audrey Hepburn.
Thats why Cooper was so adamant that everyone should see it in Dolby Surround Sound.
This movie was moving and entertaining and gave women multiple orgasms, and itstilllost toReverse Driving Miss Daisy.)
Anyway, then Gaga didher famous Awww-whoaaa businessand nailed every climactic note.
If this had been an episode ofFull House, the entire audience would have gone Oooooh at this point.
Were far from the shallow now, they sang, concluding this lovely performance.
That wasnt just a performance.
We were all there a few minutes ago.
We could see how true that was.
In fact, Illalways remember it this way.
