Will you be watching the Oscars this Sunday?

I will watch the opening monologue. We will see after that.

Nope, you couldn't pay me to watch any of these awards shows anymore. I love movies, and I used to love and watch The Oscars every year, but I'm not interested in being preached to for 3 hours. I haven't watched them for two years now. I'll read who wins the next day. I won't watch again until the show is about movies again.

No, Margo, I don't watch any award shows. First, I am entirely content with my own opinion. I don't need to have it allegedly confirmed by an award. When I created the topic, How Many Emmys Will This Thing Win? in the Big Little Lies section of MC, I was simply using pop culture vernacular shorthand to elicit posts about the spectacular achievement that series had been. BLL reminded me of the first sentence in The New York Times' critique (a genuine, formal criticism and NOT a mere review, and how sad it is how few are left who understand the difference) of the film version of Funny Girl: "Just to show that it can be done with consummate professionalism from start to finish, Barbra Streisand has made her first movie." Beyond that one indulgence (mea culpa!) I have never said diddly jack squat about award shows because they are the origin of the reality TV show genre. They are super-cheap to produce, they get good ratings. They take hours to deliver the same information that will be delivered the next day in a two-minute precis on CNN or Romper Room or The View. I have more to do with my life than this. Also, I've been on red carpets. They are not usually well-padded.

PS Forgot about the politics. The day of the World Trade Center attack, I vowed actively to avoid ALL news, and improved my quality of life immeasurably. I remember a Playboy Interview with Clint Eastwood (who, in company with William Blake, Jimi Hendrix and Eva Cassidy, is one of my favorite artists). The interviewer asked Clint about his political views, and Clint declined to comment. This is probably not a direct quote, but he said something like, "I'm not going to answer because I'm famous, and my views will be given much more attention than they deserve." There are many reasons why Clint Eastwood is a giant, the only other American actor who could favorably be compared to John Wayne, and who has had a career in Hollywood that is literally second to none other. Maybe he knows something. Y'think?

PPS Miss Margo, to be clear, I KNOW that you know what I mean. That last bit was aimed at the self-righteous quarterwitted chuckleheads in showbiz who should know enough not to say anything unless it comes out of a script.

No way. Too much fake. Plus I really only watch horrors so not much point.

i hardly watch TV, so will probably pass... But i will check out the results to see what Dunkirk loses to and to see who get's best cinematography...

The wards seem less about the movies an about how the industry wants to be perceived, which makes sense as industry awards shows are ultimately a PR excercise by design and in concept.. they always have been, but in our current post-modern contemporary world have basically dropped the pretense that it is about the movies...

Probably not. I don't want to hear actors talk on and on about their life stories.

Have not watched that crap in years

I'll probably drop in occasionally unless I get wrapped up in a good movie.