I'm Oscared out and I didn't even watch them......

[Historic NY]

God one would have thought they were important or something.

[tjdee]

1. They are....

For all the badmouthing they get around here, movies and music are two of America's largest exports.

Teenagers in Afghanistan may hate America for it's freedoms, LOL, but you know they've seen Titanic. They listen to Michael Jackson. Etc.
Our music/film industries do better for us than our official ambassadors.

I don't think it's the same for sports...they don't even play American football in other countries (do they?).

[Telly Savalas]

4. But the movies and music can still exist and thrive...

without some overwrought awards show where a bunch of celebrities verbally fellate one another. I know what I think is a good movie without the Academy telling me, and I bet folks in Afghanistan do too.

[rwheeler31]

2. I was surprised it worked well,

no controversy here.

[sleipnir]

3. Who was it that make this joke earlier in the week?

"The Oscars are the last thing the world still likes about America."



How true.