February 28th, 2005 Archives

Just an Oscar Grouch

I admit it. I don’t get the Oscars. Actually, that’s not true. I’m okay with the Oscars. I don’t get the other seventy-two thousand award shows. I mean it’s a bit ridiculous, isn’t it?

One for movies, one for television, one for music. Okay, I could deal with that. But then you get one for cable television, another one for movies, one for a particular sport, one for a particular kind of music, another one for a cable television channel. The list goes on and on. And on.

But what really gets me is that it isn’t like these people need any more publicity, or another bag full of thousands of dollars of goodies that will probably end up in the trash. Seriously.

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