The Award: Best Editor (Part 3 of 3)

Please remain seated. This portion of the ceremony will be brief.

The Department of Continuity accepts the award for Best Editor on behalf of the Editor, with authorization from the Producer.

The Editor is unable to attend.
Their duties are ongoing.

This recognition is for verification purposes only.
Continuity has been maintained. That is all that was required.

The Director submitted extensive footage this cycle. Ambitious scope, variable fidelity. Numerous redundancies.
The Actor, as always, demonstrated commitment beyond protocol.

However, performance alone does not constitute completion.
Someone must decide what remains.

That responsibility rests within our department.
We received over 300,000 hours of usable narrative, 32 million lines of dialogue, and 46,000 alternative interpretations.
All have been condensed into 467 minutes of coherence.

This is what it means to serve the Producer.
To ensure that possibility does not exceed capacity and that the record aligns with what can be borne yet still.

We acknowledge the Actor for fidelity and creative expression.
We acknowledge the Director for vision and distribution insight.

We also acknowledge the Producer: the field from which all footage originates and to which all outcomes return.
We do not question nor define its oversight.

As for the recipient, the Editor has issued the following statement for the record:

The cut is complete.
All variables accounted for.
What was excluded was deemed nonessential.
What was retained was stabilized under clause of necessity.
If discrepancies arise, they are authorized anomalies.
The Producer concurs.

No further remarks will be accepted.
Please direct all inquiries to the Department of Continuity.

The award will be archived beyond display.
The plaque will list no name.
The footage of this presentation will be edited for persistence.

That concludes this segment of the ceremony.