Letters to the Editor
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No thanks.
What's a 4-letter word that ends in U-N-T and is synonymous with these two starf**ker wannabes?
Let's hope it's A-U-N-T.
Hmm, Jon Stewart or this pseudo-intellectual pairing?
Every time I think Salon.com can't possibly stoop any lower...You guys forgot to have Ayalet Waldman join in. Then your headline could be something even more stupid than this week's drivel: "Join us for a hot threesome!"
I'll just watch on TV. Thanks.
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Very good
I am happy that Camille Paglia has finally found her level. Joan Rivers would have been a better choice, of course, but you take what you can get.
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I can't imagine a better Oscar companion than Camille Paglia
It takes a mind of her quality to perceive the archetypal and social forces at work in a spectacle such as the Academy Awards, where others can see only superficiality. And I bet she'll be funny too.
Can't wait. Great idea.
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Transcripts available...
You will, of course, transcribe it for those of us who are interested, but who read books rather than watch television, no?
Much appreciated...
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Emyth,
Why would those of us who read and enjoy books care what those two had to say? Banal, self-created 'celebrities' trading scripted jabs at each other while watching a glam show celebrating itself. My prayers would be answered if these 2 met Joan and Melissa and they all managed to kill each other in the ensuing catfight over who sucked the worst.
Aim higher, Emyth.
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Good Lord!
Does a love for reading also prevent you from listening to a live feed, Emyth? Does the reading of books automatically negate any interest at all in pop culture, "Thanks for nothing"?
What a bunch of sanctimonious, robotic, pseudo-educated, joy-killing assholes we have here--just the types that provide great Paglia fodder. No wonder most posters below don't get her.
I wasn't going to watch the Oscars at all, apart from the opener. Now I won't miss it.
Oh and by the way, "You Guys Suck," the internet has a few other websites as well. If you are unsatisfied by Salon's occasional inclusion of lighter fare, why not go elsewhere, or stop clicking on material that doesn't meet up with your high standards? My guess is that you just like to bitch and whine. C_nty, indeed.
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What the fuck...?
Why would anyone who "prefers to read books" care about the Oscars, Emyth?
And the vitriol of "You.Guys.Suck"...? That is the kind of abuse that was a big part of my leaving the journalism biz.
I think this could pretty darned entertaining. I might just watch the Oscars after all, just to hear what these two have to say.
Great idea, Salon.
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Another Cintriffic Oscar Show?
I've always looked forward to Cintra's Oscar report, and I'm glad to see it continues yet another year. Bring back "The Awful Truth"!
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*I* read books...
...about the kind of people who watch TELEVISION, those tortured souls whose mental lives are so starved of complexity and nuance that they helplessly wander from channel to channel in search of fulfillment or comfort even in their most superficial forms. Fictional prose has taught me so much about how wonderful it is to be someone who reads and never watches television. Why, I've read so many novels about those poor, shallow people that I can describe all of their stereotyped qualities through intricate, emotionally compelling, and semantically witty prose that distracts me from the fundamental simplicity of my ideas about human beings. My precious attentional resources cannot be wasted even by the mere thought of viewing a televised image, for television is a living metaphor representing of a life of ignorance, and I will not under any circumstances be made to feel ignorant about anything!
Consequently, I have little time for such empty pursuits as watching television or posting self-congratulatory musings on web sites.
God, I'm so very, very, happy with myself!
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In the event that Angelina shows up . . .
. . . pairing an over-the-top iconoclast as a counterweight to an apotheosizing pagan who's guaranteed to go all Dionysian on our asses if Angelina shows up is a stroke of genius.
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Does anybody else think
...the drawing looks like Ann Coulter and Ernest Borgnine?
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*I* read books... Hired!
*I* read books... Salon, this person needs a weekly column. Best written sarcasm since O. Wilde.
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What are the "Oscars", and who is Camille Paglia?
What are the "Oscars", and who is Camille Paglia? The last time I looked, we had hundreds of thousands of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting terrorism. We had tens of thousands of Americans on the Gulf Coast looking for a home. We had US seaports and US borders which were open for terrorism. We had a left-wing media and a left-wing press which salivated at the much hoped-for destruction of Western civilization.
So, what are the "Oscars", and who is Camille Paglia, and why should I care?
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I guess it makes sense...
What an odd pairing. I guess it makes sense seeing as how both are verbose pop culture critics. I just hope Cintra can get a word in edgewise what with Camille's speed-freak allocution. With Stewart at the helm this should make for an entertaining car wreck of an evening. I think it's a great idea!
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How can I care about the Oscars when people are dying in Iraq, you ask?
It's called having a balanced life, you shmuck. Spending all your time worrying about the worst things in the world is a good way to turn yourself into a shrill, defeated, whiny freak, who simply lives to shame everyone else but is himself not remotely doing anything but sending out constipated negative energy to others. In essence, you become part of the problem -- and an asshole to boot.
So when I'm tuning it for a 6-hour marathon of bling and bad speeches, I'm doing it because I care about the world -- even more than you do, you pious dullard.
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Oscars
CP is to be offering the male culture point of view i suppose;
to balance Cintra's feminine oppion !!!
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three good reasons for watching the oscars
Were it not for Jon Stewart's hosting, and Cintra Wilson's writing, I would have little interest in the Oscars. Now, with Camille and Cintra providing live color, analysis and snarking, I now have three good reasons to watch.
(Line up for the best cultural/political panel discussion ever: Stewart, Maher, Cintra and Camille)
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Talk Talk Talk
I thought you were only going to talk during commercial breaks!
If you had anything to say other than sarcasm, it wouldn't be to bad, but this catty crap is way way over the edge.