Oscar-nominated animated shorts get face time at the Prytania

If there's an annual Rodney Dangerfield of the Oscar field, it would definitely be the short-film categories.

Sure, the winners still earn trophies, and their directors still get their 15 seconds of fame during the Oscar telecast -- you know, before the orchestra inevitably starts playing them off the stage. But every year, even in the short-attention-span culture in which we live, audiences have trouble mustering up the energy to care.

I tell you, they don't get no respect.

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