Steven Soderbergh Reveals Why Oscars Show Order Was Changed
https://t.co/HF1YRO1lv3- Variety (@Variety)
May 5, 2021 source he is not aware of the backlash against the choice to not do montages/minimal clips because he did not read reviews
he stands by the "No Zoom" rule
the change of the award order:
“We thought it might be fun to mix it up, especially if people didn’t know that was coming. So that was always part of the plan. And then when the nominations came out and there was even the possibility that Chadwick could win posthumously, our feeling was if he were to win and his widow were to speak on his behalf, there would be nowhere to go after that. So we stuck with it.”