A critical analysis of the Oscars
What are the Oscars? I think it is a fiasco where priveleged celebrities get together and flaunt their expensive clothes and personalities for anybody willing to watch. The insane thing is people do.
The event itself costs more than 4 big budget movies to arrange. All that so millionaire actresses, actors media and hollywood pundits and other martini drinking bottom feeding types get to throw an expensive party. Sounds like a perfectly socially progressive and aware thing to do, right? If you can't tell I'm being sarcastic.
Dresses that cost tens of thousands of dollars. Unbelievable. And what is the purpose of pointing out the ridiculously inattainable hollywood criteria for beauty at this event? These women are just their to be looked at. Does this high-class social event further women's liberation? No the women aren't hushed but they aren't exactly talking about anything important. Also, I think pratically all the directors are men.
You go to a bar and the people who aren't important enough to be there watch it on a big screen tv. They laugh and appreciate all the witty commentary and jokes that the Oscars have to offer. They drink their drinks and feel important. They feel apart of the American elite, at least for a night. After it's over the working class go back to their real lives and real social status. They are left with that taste of high class life. But why do these working class people, tall and short, fat and thin, pretentious and vulgar enjoy this charade? It gives them that hope that life is indeed fair. There's no reason to complain, just joke. Let's joke about George Bush and Cheney shootiing a guy. Let's not talk about the war. Let's not, at least, give a moment or silence for the people who died in the multiple natural disasters around the planet. Nah, let's just laugh and feel good about ourselves. There's no reason to think life is unfair. If an ugly guy like John Stewart can make it, surely I can.
This brings me to John Stewart. The self-implied liberal-on-the-side-of-the-american-people comedian. I couldn't believe when he started to preach about the wrongness of piracy. That surely had nothing to with the fact he was surrounded by thousands of people in the movie industry. John Stewart just reinforced what he really was at the Oscars. A comedian who does what he has to do to get paid. What respect I did have for him is probably gone, after seeinig him act like a complete lacky. He could have done so much in that position. LIke I mentioned before he could have at least had moment of silence. Nope. No siree. Piracy is definitely a rung higher on the to fix list than helping people in need. John Stewart. He is stuck in the pocket of whoever has enough money to buy him.
On a side note. The montage of those old western films that implied homosexuality in old films was pretty damn funny. I doubt J. Stew had anything to do with that, though.
Back to the women. Why are they not celebrated by the fact they are women and not because they have the most trendy gown? There a restrictive criteria in Hollywood when it comes to the status of women there.
And George Clooney. He gave his speech. It was nice. It made him and every other person in show biz feel all warm and inportant inside, I bet. It made them feel like they give so much to society. They are model citizens. There's that sarcasm again. In truth Clooney is probably a decent, semi-socially conscious man. The problem is he is a millionaire and disconnected form society as he pointed out. His interpretation of Hollywoods disconnection form society, and how it affected the rest of the working class people iin the U.S. was a bit different than mine, though.
He mentioned they were sometimes disconnected from us but it was a good thing becausae they could see things we couldn't. Because of this they can show us and lead us in the right direction. Being disconnected from ignorance isn't a good thing mister Clooney.Understanding ignorance is more important. If you really want to help how about you uild a school in east L.A. and visit the children there every week, and give honor roll students to you next movie. How about donating some money to scholorships. That might be a little more effective. Don't proclaim that you and other people like you are our saviors. You are privileged, we aren't how about addressing those issues. Implying that we aren't smart enough to lead and think for ourselves is a little insulting, actually. We can percieve injustice too you know.In fact we can probably perceive it better than some one in your position can. I know we can. And if you want to help maybe you could start by openning the public to "prestigious" events like the Oscars. It might allow you to be more connected the people you claim to help.
I'm done.