The Disastrous, Lost Gambit of the 2021 Oscars

I’ve spent the past week reeling from the events of Sunday, the 93rd Academy Awards. What started as a refreshing break from tradition turned into unmitigated disaster with one of the most egregious miscalculations in Oscars history. What went wrong? And why was it so bad? Here’s a recap of the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad evening.