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The Oscars are tomorrow. It should be like all the other Oscar ceremonies. There will be many long, boring acceptance speeches that thank everyone, including the hairdresser, the makeup people, the lighting people, the caterers, etc. despite the 45 second policy they try to enforce. There will be Joan Rivers, a monument to what can go wrong with too much plastic surgery talking about fashion. Does anyone see something wrong with that? I mean, it's sort of like Fred Phelps giving a talk on tolerance with respect to homosexuals or a Hamas member talking about coexisting with Israel. She's not the first person I think of when talking about fashion or beauty.
Even with Mr. Stewart of The Daily News, I seriously doubt the ceremony will be entertaining or for that matter, worth watching. You know there will be multiple jokes about Brokeback Mountain and gay cowboys. You can't milk any more jokes out of that topic. Someone will make a speech critical of George W. Bush and his policies in Iraq. I'm thinking if George Clooney wins, he'll make one. At least one person will cry while making their speech. An old Hollywood veteran will get a lifetime achievement award.
It will be the traditional Hollywood gives themselves a pat on the back show. Utterly worthless and devoid of any real significance, but millions of Americans will watch it. Actors who get paid millions of dollars playing a teacher will get paid. The real teacher on the other hand, will get paid significantly less and will not get a second of attention. Nor will they get a $30,000 gift basket. As if the actors needed any more stuff than they already have. The morning "news" will devote ten or fifteen minutes to what people wore and who won, treating it like it's a major event worthy of coverage while serious news gets put off on the wayside. You know that they would rather do this mindless "news event" than serious reporting like what's happening in Iraq or Washington DC. It's a lot easier to report and you still get paid several million dollars a year to report it. Which proves that the news is not about news stories of actual value, but topics that get the most viewers. This leads to the general ignorance of the American public at large. Not that it really matters.
Hell, the President of the United States does not watch the news and look where it got him. People watching CBS knew more about the situation in New Orleans than he did. Things look good in Iraq and Afghanistan. Michael Brown of FEMA is doing a heck of a job. I honestly didn't know about the port deal until now. We're doing everything to support our troops, but I didn't know about the body armor problems until now. Everything in his world is going perfectly fine, despite evidence to the contrary. Ignorant of nearly everything, but absolutely sure on everything. Not that it matters. Then again, it's not like the average American knows what is going on in the world. More Americans probably know which celebrity is supposedly dating Nicole Kidman than what is happening in their own city. No wonder why people voted for him. As the pundits say, you always vote for the person who you can relate with. You've got to share something in common with them. Ignorance and simple-mindedness are things people can relate with.
Of course, the Oscars and other awards show that pander to the average American, appeal to the average American because they require little thought to digest. What's so hard about looking at "celebrities" in dresses and suits? Then again, one can also factor in the mindless and idiotic American obsession with "celebrities." Apparently, these shows are appealing because they allow people to escape their world and for a few hours, pretend to live the life of a movie star. Which, in my opinion, if it hasn't become obvious by now, is mindless, idiotic, and stupid. For a more detailed post on this topic, read this post that I wrote on this topic.
My predictions for the Oscars are that someone will win and a bunch of other people won't. Millions of Americans will spend time that could have been spent being productive at work blabbing inanely about who wore what. Millions more will be ignorant about world and local events. Don't watch the Oscars but read the newspapers instead. You might learn something of value.
That's all for now.
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