The "everyone wins at the Oscars" nominee gift bag is the organizer's way to say "sorry you did not win." It is a goodie bag stuffed with all kinds of gifts and vouchers, ranging in price from a meager $4 to a staggering $12,000.
The items included are unexpected: A six-pack box of Naked Premium Condoms valued at $20 and a $5000 voucher for a 'Vampire face-lift' that involves re-injecting blood platelets into your face. There is also the mere $4 bottle of Windex touch up cleaner, in contrast with the $12,000 stay at Lizard Island.
Then, it gets even more bizarre. There is maple syrup; a self-help book about starting over (ironic, after failing to win an Oscar); candles that look like pastries and confectioneries; chocolatines to the value of $95 and then —because it may be necessary after that—five training sessions with celebrity trainer, Lalo Fuentes. After a session, you may want to puff on the $40 pack of electric cigarettes included in the swag bag.
The value of the goodie bag reached a five year low in 2013. Although the total value of the goodie bag came to about $48,000, one has to wonder if that odd array of gifts can ever make up for not having an Oscar on your mantelpiece.
