I wanna roll with Itzhak Perlman’s posse
I almost never watch award shows. I think it must have been 15 years since the last time I watched the Oscars. But last night:
- John Stewart was hosting
- Brittney was liveblogging, and
- I couldn’t find a damn thing else to watch. Fox didn’t even have the decency to give us re-runs of our Sunday cartoons — fuckers. Best alternative seemed to be “Scary Movie 3″ which is stupid even by David Zucker’s standards.
So, I watched. Of all the movies on deck, the only ones I had seen were “Pride & Predjudice” and “Good Night and Good Luck”. Since both were shut out, I guess I’m out of touch with the cool kids as usual. I mean I wouldn’t have expected either to get the big awards, but I think they should have gotten “adapated screenplay” and “original screenplay” respectively.
And I really wanted Keira Knightly to get best actress. I mean come on, I’m a heterosexual male who voluntarily saw Pride & Predjudice, and even enjoyed it. Shouldn’t I get some validation?????
Sigh, if only Clooney hadn’t cut out McCarthy’s dance number, “Hard Out Here For a Pig”…
Well, I guess Oscar will retreat to his garbage can on Sesame Street for another year. He did see his shadow, so it looks like there will be six more weeks of hype for Brokeback Mountain.
