All through the early 2000s, the Oscars crimson carpet was simply as a lot of a method spectacle as it’s at this time—but it felt even extra theatrical,  due to the dwell style commentary of late comic Joan Rivers on the E! community. Dissecting the A-list stars are they arrived—and what designs they have been sporting—Rivers and her daughter, Melissa, introduced candid (and sometimes unfiltered) ideas to our tv screens. “Who’re you carrying?,” Rivers would scream out to them, in her signature no-fuss supply.

A lot has been mentioned about Rivers’s Oscars interviewing method through the years, in fact. Many have discovered the star’s fixation on style to be vapid—even igniting the #AskHerMore motion in 2015, which inspired crimson carpet hosts to pose extra crucial inquiries to girls about their movie roles, and fewer inquiries about what they have been carrying. However to me, Rivers’s type questions have at all times been for the style followers; She handled what stars wore significantly, eager to know the inspirations behind a garment, and why they have been drawn to it. Style is type of self-expression—is it actually vapid to ask celebrities about their garments after they’ve spent a lot time deliberating and selecting what to put on? It’s artwork!

However I digress. I additionally miss Rivers’s completely-unfiltered interviews. Sure, typically they have been problematic; She as soon as requested Julia Roberts, “do you weight loss plan?” and in addition requested Nicole Kidman, “Do you ever suppose folks don’t respect you since you’re fairly?” I don’t miss her actual line of questioning, however I do miss her willingness to suppose exterior of the field, and get sudden moments with celebrities exterior of the identical canned 5 questions reporters recycle. Plus, she was a comic: it’s was her job to impress.