I may as well add my 2 cents about the Oscar's last night, everyone else in the blogosphere has done:
The last time I watched the Oscars, or followed the buzz with anticipation, was in 1991, when Kevin Costner won for the top 2 prizes over Martin Scorsese - "Dances with Wolves" vs. "Goodfellas". "Goodfellas" is in my top 10 of all time, maybe top 5. That outcome soured me on the Oscar's. Until last night. I need, as we all do, some hint that the world is evolving, going forward instead of backwards, and I actually got excited thinking about the real possibility that a beauty like "Brokeback" could win. Bamboozled again! I will not be watching or giving credence to the Oscars again, at least not for another decade or so.
To be fair, the Oscar's, like the Grammies (Celine Dion, please), are a reflection of the popular culture, where People Magazine and reality t.v. are the plats du jour. So, maybe we all shouldn't have been so surprised (did you notice the collective silent gasp from everyone at the Kodak?). Plus, it's really the Steven Spielberg Show, isn't it? His movies are so nauseatingly moralistic . . . . . I think I may be on to something.
I did, however, like Jon Stewart, the gay jokes were hilarious, Salma's sapphire dress was a knock-out, and then there was Jake, my boy toy. MMMMmmmmm, Jake (drooling). And Gorgeous George was a sport. For mindless entertainment, it didn't suck. But 3 hours of Desperate Housewives would have been more satisfying.
2 comments:
I wasn't interested enough to watch... just way too much pre-Oscar hype. I was glad to hear that Clooney won for Syriana, and I was interested to know how Stewart did in hosting. Americans, in general, are way too reliant on others telling them what is good (as in critics and the prestige of awards). I much prefer to have a trusted friend make a recommendation.
We had one Desperate Housewife in the audience, Felicity Huffman, who was also embarrassingly shut out! Oh well... Maybe some real middle-America housewives will go see Transamerica and talk to their husbands about it and generate something good from the publicity at least.
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