Monday, February 27, 2017

The Oscars


The Oscars were once a celebration of artistry and acting achievement. No more. This gala has morphed into an exposition of egomania. When the host, in this case the unfunny Jimmy Kimmel, can call our president (ironically, one of them) old and fat, this celebration has abandoned all semblance of representing American values. Almost without their realizing it, the symbiotic relationship that Hollywood once had enjoyed with movie goers has become parasitic. We, the unwashed, the unhip, the unwise, have elected as our president someone whom these glitterati just can't accept. They are bigger and better than us ... just look at their mansions, their clothes, their awards, their private jets, their adoring fans.

All these accoutrements must mean that they are right and we, who voted for Trump, are wrong. They want our previous president back ... because he was with them and they were with him. They can't dare to think that his policies were bad for America. After all the echo chamber that is most of our media fell all over themselves saying this in many clever and concocted ways. The fact that these outlets are losing readership and viewership is disturbing only in that it presages our country drifting into a undemocratic dictatorship ... full of irredeemable deplorable people. (Of course, forgetting that these are the paying audience for their increasingly political and derivative pap.)

Of course these zombies have not lost their acting abilities ... and so they can fake sincerity with the best of the politicians ... or perhaps the other way round? They prance and pose on the red carpet (an appropriate color). They regurgitate the latest memorized mainstream media memes, not really understanding the implications. They now hate Russia but love communism. They hate borders but love their high compound fences. They hate guns but have body guards. They eschew violence but use it extensively in their movies. They hate Israel but embrace Islam while violating most of its tenets ... tenets which would call for their death or maiming. I think the term for these character discrepancies is hypocrisy.

And so these celebrated low-lives assemble at the Oscars to reinforce their delusions that they are righteous and caring. They embrace all and every "good" thing while looking down their noses at those of us who may have concerns about their Utopian visions. They will whisk up their golden statues and six figure swag bags, retire to posh pandering parties with other cocaine-sniffing celebrities ... comforted that they are righteous and we, their uninformed audiences, are stupid and wrong.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

You last sentence sums up exactly what you are. By the way, when was the last time you went to a movie?By the way, this is not something new. It goes all the back to the beginning of the Oscars. History does repeat itself. Where were you doing the great wars, the Vietnam war etc where these so-called non-talented actors took a stand and stood up for the "real" America.

George W. Potts said...

Sayeth an adoring fan ...

ChillFin said...

Hey! You are old and fat. I am old and fat. That doesn't speak to american values. I am amazed at how much effort you and Breitbart put into gawking at what you knew would happen. I especially like Breitbart commenters who say they never watch TV or movies but make an effort to have something to opine.

How many of these awarded movies did you see last year? If the answer is zero, then you are not putting a nickel into Hollywood.

I have to say that i missed coverage of CPAC, the Trump victory rallies, and his so-called pressers. Were they good and sarisfying?

George W. Potts said...

Trump is old and fat, but having the snooty MC of the Oscars say this is indicative of the mindset of his navel-gazing audience.

DEN said...

Can you "dare to think" that Trump's short-sighted populism might be bad for America?
Who will pick the strawberries? Who wins when Mexico matches our increased import tariffs? When corporate tax cuts result in exploding deficits? Who will restore the respect for America now that Trump has the world laughing at us? Who will keep them honest when "the enemies of the people" are tossed into jail or banished to gulags?

George W. Potts said...

Mexico already has a 16% VAT tax on imports. We already have a temporary worker program with Mexico ... poorly enforced. You are overboard about your gulag comment and you know it. Were you so concerned with Obama's fire-hose spending? If GNP growth picks up and government spending is brought to heel, things might not be so bad. As far as the world laughing, they hush up when they need us ... or when their own populism wins out.

ChillFin said...

We can certainly get respect through military shock and awe after we double down on military materials and presence. It'll cost us our culture, environment, consumer protections, and education but we the taxpayers can once again strut like Dubya and the Gipper. MAGA!

DEN said...

So far the only beneficiaries of Trump's oligarchy administration are greedy corporations and 1 percenters. More coal dust does not make water more drinkable. And removing safeguards on new medicines is just crazoid.

DEN said...

Trump has threatened to raise tariff to 35% and Mexico has threatened to match any increase. So again I ask, "Who wins?"

George W. Potts said...

Clearly the 63 million Americans who voted for Trump did not realize he had made these evil commitments.

George W. Potts said...

If Trump makes the border tax 16%, then we are even ... and we can use this money to pay for the wall?

ChillFin said...

Our poor gutted miltary: "the United States spends more than the next seven countries combined. In 2014, the most recent year available, the United States led the world in military spending at $610 billion, marking 34 percent of the world total."


ChillFin said...

I seem to have wandered off topic. My last comment was scheduled for tomorrow night. Sort of like talking about what happened in Sweden.

George W. Potts said...

When JFK was president we spent close to 10% of the federal budget on defense. It is now down to about 3%. What has taken up most of the slack you ask? Why "great society" spending and it is still not enough. I'll trade you a little butter for som guns ... else China might start building air bases off of Catalina ...

ChillFin said...

I am not opposed to decreasing great society spending but I'd rather that such savings get trimmed from my tax obligations rather than re-allocated to more military-industrial spending.