If there's a silver lining to being interrupted during an Oscar acceptance speech, it's that people might actually remember your movie now. So what is documentary short Music By Prudence about, anyway?
After a mostly canned, nostalgically hammy Oscars, Elinor Burkett's interruption of Roger Ross Williams's acceptance speech for best documentary short proved to be the most fertile ground for last night's Daily Show and Late Show.
Roger Ross Williams, Oscar-winning director of the documentary Music by Prudence, has had an interesting week. First, he won an Oscar; seconds later, his acceptance speech was interrupted by a onetime collaborator. Tonight, he appeared on Larry King Live.
She's already being called the white lady Kanye for running up onstage and interrupting Roger Ross Williams. Turns out she is Elinor Burkett, journalist and co-producer of the winning film, Music By Prudence. (On Monday, Williams appeared on Larry King.)
