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Monday, March 24, 2003

 

The "Ficticious" of Oscar Night
As my wife and I flipped between the Oscars and BBC America last night, I was struck by just how inconsequential the entire Hollywood community has rendered itself and how desperately they want to disbelieve this fact.

In the two post-9/11 Oscar ceremonies, I've noticed that the Hollywood elite have been clamoring about just how relevant they are. They've repeatedly had to slap themselves on the back and remind each other just how much they mean to today's society.

As a wise man once said, if you have to say something out loud in order to believe it's true, it probably isn't.

Nicole kidman, in her Oscar speech, asked a question to the effect of "Why are we here during such a time?" "Because art is important," she answered herself.

Several presenters sought to remind us that movies teach us, inform us, lift our spirits, remind us of what it means to be human. I don't know what Old School was supposed to teach me, but okay, I'm game.

I almost feel sorry for the lot. They're trying ever so hard to maintain their connection with the American people. However, their raving-Leftie leanings have driven a bigger and bigger wedge between them and the Ameriproles out there.

We simply don't want to hear people making between $2 million and $20 million, per picture, whine and complain about the inequality in today's society. Their caterwauling rings false. Their claims of heroism seem absurd when viewed alongside the true heroism of the police and firefighters on 9/11, the soldiers welcomed with open arms by a up-to-now repressed Afghani people, or the mass of troops we currently have performing the "full titl boogie for freedom and justice."

The Oscar telecast ended with Steve Martin telling our troops abroad that "We did this for you!" Bull, Steve. They're doing this for us. They're facing "stiff" Iraqi resistance. They're moving about in full chemical gear, gas masks at the ready.

Until the Hollywood elite can realize that they're nowhere near as important as they think they are, they will continue to lose the relevancy that they not only crave, but opportunistically screech about when presented with a ~1billion member audience.

posted by ZaMoose at 3/24/2003 05:45:00 PM