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Monday, March 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Oscar castrates himself

The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart?

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  • Tuesday, March 7, 2006 04:15 AM

    How right you are!

    The negative response to this review underscores the writer's point perfectly. It would appear that it is not only Acadmey members who are embracing self-censorship, but the Oscar audience seems to love it too.

    I was equally disappointed with Jon Stewart's decision to use Bruce Vilanch's processed-for-mass-consumption material instead of his own. I'm sure the right-leaning viewers watched gleefully as Jon became less relevent and Brokeback Mountain failed to take home the best picture award which we know it deserved, thus welcoming the culture war against a now feeble Hollywood.

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