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March 04, 2006

Why I don't watch the Oscars

I think Crash, which depicts Los Angeles as a segregated city of angry racists, has a good chance to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday — if the Academy decides the big message they want to send this year is "America Is Racist." On the other hand, "America Is Homophobic" is always a popular Oscars message too (remember Philadelphia?) as well as more buzzworthy right now. So probably the smart money should be on Brokeback Mountain.

"America Is McCarthyite/George Clooney Speaks Truth to Power" (Good Night and Good Luck) and "America Doesn't Understand the Human Beings Behind the Israeli/Arab Conflict" (Munich) certainly resonate with Academy voters, but don't have quite the same easy to understand snap. The fifth Best Picture nominee, Capote, is merely a brilliant character study with no obviously useful lessons for Hollywood to teach the unenlightened, so I'd say it's a longshot — although Phillip Seymour Hoffman is deservedly a shoo-in for Best Actor.

-Cathy Seipp

Posted by Karol at March 4, 2006 01:55 AM | TrackBack
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Is anyone planning on watching the Oscars this year?

Posted by: ll at March 4, 2006 12:17 PM

I've never watched them. But I love Stewart. So, yeah.

Posted by: Sam L. at March 5, 2006 10:13 AM

I bet you regret that decision. lol!

Posted by: ll at March 6, 2006 07:10 AM
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