And the winner is … The liberal political agenda!
I really, really wanted Mickey Rourke to win Best Actor. Failing that, it was good to know that Brad Pitt would finally win one. Because everyone knew these were the two best movie actors this year. Well, everybody except “the Academy”, of course.
For anyone who reads my stuff regularly, you probably already know that I’m not some rabid anti-gay neanderthal. (Really, how could I be a neanderthal when the world is only 6000 years old? Whoa, kidding!)
(In my youth I was even been accused by some – in the media, no less – of being a “gay rights crusader”.)
While I didn’t support the gay marriage amendments here, I did support removing the word “marriage” from law (as some smarter countries have done). My logic went something like this: why enrage either side of a debate when you can enrage both. Well, hmmm… something like that.
Anyway.
On to the Oscars…
I haven’t seen Milk. I heard it was great, and I would like to see it. I saw The Wrestler, and Mickey Rourke was simply brilliant. I didn’t see Benjamin Button, but Brad Pitt is looooong overdue for an Oscar (c’mon Academy, it’s time to forgive him for A River Runs Through It).
But the fix is definitely in on Sean Penn. No, I don’t think there’s some Obama-Hollywood conspiracy orchestrated from the Oval Office – but I do think those Hollywood liberal elite have outdone themselves this time by choosing politics over their art.
When a clear toss-up between Mickey Rourke and Brad Pitt results in … “Sean Penn”.
I think this is sad. Not because it’s a movie about a gay man, but because two clearly better actors in what might be the greatest roles of their careers are snubbed.
And maybe Sean Penn’s performance was brilliant. But his little political speech at the end of the show certainly didn’t inspire me. Honestly, Sean, if I wanted politics, I would have changed the station to Fox News (or CNN if I was in Hollywood).
Shame on the Academy for another show of political grandstanding. I guess nobody should be surprised.
Anyway, I guess I best be off to see Slumdog Millionare.
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