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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Cintra Wilson is the most envious writer I have ever encountered. Every bile-soaked letter she pens is positively dripping with it. Its unfortuante because, at the end of the day, none of her jealous rants really matters, as there probably isn't a single celebrity who cares what Ms. Wilson thinks about them.
It was Chris Penn, Sean's brother, who died recently. The previous letter was a misstatement.
Last night's Oscars was the first one I had decided to watch in more than 10 years. It will be the last. There was nothing there to make spending my time worthwhile. I agree with Cintra; this was one of the blandest exercises in censorship I have witnessed in a long time -- well at least since Attorney General Gonzalez last testified before Congress. It was also clear that the Oscar for Best Picture did not go to the Best Picture of the Year. One could make the case for why Brokeback Mountain might not have deserved it, but clealy Syriana, Munich, or Good Night and Good Luck were all far better than Crash. I saw Crash and enjoyed it very much, but it was not of the caliber of the other films mentioned above, and clearly wasn't better than Brokeback Mountain. The case could easily be made for why Brokeback Mountain should have been selected, if for no other reason than it is THE movie that is being talked about this year. After all, no one asked President Bush if he had seen Crash or recommended it to him as they did with Brokeback Mountain. That said, it is clear that the Academy caved in to pressure from the Culture Police to prevent the first serious gay movie with wide acclaim from being selected as the movie of the year.
I, too, felt sad to see how Jon Stewart was hamstrung in his presentations and since I am a big fan of his, felt sorry to see him so emasculated like he was last night. It was truly painful to watch, even pathetic. On one point, I am glad to see improvement in the Oscars -- they were able to keep things on time better than they did in the past, but then again, isn't that usually a hallmark of fascist regimes? The trains run on time and they brook no opposition.
Kinda glad I tuned in for some of the show. It was enough to let me know that this is an American institution that has passed its prime and I will no longer have to waste my time wondering if maybe I should have watched it last night. I now know that the real waste of time is to watch it in the first place.
The podcast of the two witches seriously sucks ass. It's like listening to high school girls at a slumber party.
No, really. All they need to do was fix each others hair, and play 45's.
Paglia and Wilson, please please please come into the 20th century. Your girlish snarking was pretty sad comeing from allegedly adult women. People actually pay to take classes from Paglia? She is as about as relevent as Jean Genet is to contempory culture.
Perhaps the two could star in a contempory production of The Maids.
like the Academy Awards. I understand this sentiment from an earlier post:
129 letters so far on the Oscars. 51 on the issue of impeaching buschco. Time to take Belushi's advice and start drinking heavily.
Frankly, I want a break from reading news I feel powerless to control. I vote, I talk, I contribute when I can, but the news is a constant assault on my politics, principles and values. I kinda looked forward to coming home tonight and reading about the Academy Awards.
That said, I left the room about a third of the way through the program, and trotted back occasionally to watch when something grabbed my attention.
I was disappointed by Cintra Wilson's total dismissal of the program. I was looking forward to some pointed sarcasm, not plain dismissal coupled with a surprising lack of humor. I usually enjoy reading Wilson.
And I've never enjoyed Camille Paglia. I find her logic lacking, and her opinions are silly. She's viewed as a voice of feminism, but she's an anachronism. So I chose to not listen to her coverage - kept me from getting annoyed.
Oh well, I'm too verbose as usual. Hope some of you had fun with the award show, anyway, and found the coverage you seek elsewhere. Try www.defamer.com - I haven't checked it today!
Thanks for the grad school condescending blather. Is it hard in here for a pimp? Of course the Oscars are neutered, you poor child. Have you seen the statue? It's make beleive, like your college degree(s). Have a lovely evening in your double-wide.
YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT.
Also, that style of cyber debate is sooooo...1995. Try again.
Dear Cintra,
Have you not WATCHED the Oscars in the last several years? I mean, c'mon, what were you expecting, cutting-edge entertainment? This is an event held by a group called The Academy. How much more staid and institutional can you get?
That said, I thought this most recent Oscars show the most entertaining I've seen in awhile. I thought Jon Stewart, while out of his element, did a great job with his subtlety, wit, and sarcasm. I liked the faux endorsement commercials, I liked Ben Stiller, the opening montage, the cowboy montage. I liked Lilly and Meryl. Lots of fun, entertaining bits in there.
Maybe it helped that I DVR'd it, so that I got to blast through all the commercials and watch it in its condensed form. Maybe watching the extra hour of annoying commercials is what caused you to spill out that bilious tripe you passed of as an 'article'.
I can't help but think of a young middleschool girl, who, in order to be cool, has to dis everything. That's basically what you did. Grow up.
Good god, when did the Oscars have any balls to begin with (seriously, look at the statue).
When are the entertainment fascists at Salon going to stop whining for a time that never was?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
