"Here are the nominees for Best Original Screenplay..."
On the Oscar stage at the Kodak Theatre, Uma Thurman, tall and stunning in a backless pale orange evening gown, read out, "Joss Whedon and Wang Yang, 'Firefly';" as she spoke, the central image on the big screen showed the 'Firefly' clip of Captain Mal and his crew walking through a plum orchard in Serenity Valley, with the word "firefly" written above. A monochrome photo of a balding, chubby Whedon and a smiling Wang Yang appeared to the right.
"Ah ah—" There were many Wang Yang fans and friends in the auditorium, so along with the sudden burst of enthusiastic applause, there were also wild screams from females—perhaps for the feminist Whedon, or maybe for both—it was difficult to discern at the moment.
