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After the slap that was heard around the world, I imagine that success for the producers of this year’s Oscars looked exactly like what went down: uneventful, safer than a deposit account at Silicon Valley Bank, and devoid of physical violence.

Host Jimmy Kimmel set the tone for the 95th Academy Awards with an opening monologue so warm, cuddly, and dripping in sycophantic saccharine toward the star-studded audience, it would make Ricky Gervais self-immolate from shame if he’d ever had to read it out.

生词短语：

uneventful

平淡无奇的; 平凡的

a deposit account

存款账户

devoid

缺乏; 完全没有

set the tone

奠定基调; 定调子

monologue

独白; 独角戏

cuddly

令人想拥抱的；逗人喜爱的

dripping

湿淋淋的

sycophantic

谄媚的;拍马屁的

star-studded

明星荟萃的