HUGE oversights

[Cat Hamilton]

Ok, so I watched a good portion of the Oscars at my old friends' house and 
got to spend some quality time with their first baby (cutest most mellow 
baby in the entire world, b/t/w) before taking off to go back home whereupon 
I tuned into the Independent Spirit Awards show instead. And yes, I know 
it's pretentious to say I enjoyed the latter better than the former because 
it's like advertising that I'm so much above it all when just making the 
claim (if I am, in fact, just doing it to show off--which I'm not but that's 
for you to decide) I am, in fact, advertising in huge billboards, 
spotlights, and glaring neon signs how pretentious I really am. (Actually it 
was mainly because I don't get local channels on my tv at home--don't 
ask...)

All that said, and considering I only saw the first half of the Oscars and 
the second half of the IS Awards, for my money the IS Awards had it ALL OVER 
the Oscars at least this year, for one glaring reason: the best supporting 
actress categories in each. I'd like to know what f*cking brainchild at the 
Academy decided that Goldie's daughter was more deserving of a nomination 
than Ellen Burstyn(???!!) Is there any more evidence anyone needs to be 
convinced that the Oscars is nothing more than the student 
government/popularity nominations of middle school with better more 
expensive clothes? Whatshername may be a talented actress but she is DECADES 
away from being anywhere near as accomplished and diverse an actress as 
Burstyn. Guess who won the IS awards for the category? The woman should have 
roses thrown at her feet every time she does anything as mundane as picking 
up her dry cleaning for that one performance alone.

Anyone out there have any comments about either show?

--Cat


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