stay classy hollywood-john
(Walk Hard got SHAFTED for song of the year)
My Oscar fever has waned for another year. Watching the big event last night at the left me with feelings of both justification for several categories (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in Supporting Role) and guilty for making false predictions in other categories (Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Documentary Feature)
Read Pajiba’s essay on why the Academy Awards strive ever so hard to be 'classy' HERE. It sums it all up.
Excerpt:
"Juno is this year’s “hip” movie, i.e., the movie that’s classifiably cool as a product that can easily be explained and sold (which is import-ant) to the public and the voting members of the Academy. Nominating Page for Juno isn’t just a recognition of her work and her burgeoning career but a conscious choice on Oscar’s part to appear to be way more in tune with people under 30 than it actually is."
Read Pajiba’s essay on why the Academy Awards strive ever so hard to be 'classy' HERE. It sums it all up.
Excerpt:
"Juno is this year’s “hip” movie, i.e., the movie that’s classifiably cool as a product that can easily be explained and sold (which is import-ant) to the public and the voting members of the Academy. Nominating Page for Juno isn’t just a recognition of her work and her burgeoning career but a conscious choice on Oscar’s part to appear to be way more in tune with people under 30 than it actually is."
MP3: Okkervil River- Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe 
MP3: Belle & Sebastian- Like Dylan in the Movies
Comments
Yay for Belle and Sebastian!
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