A Few Oscar Thoughts
Posting is likely to continue to be sparse-to-nonexistent here for at least another week, but that really shouldn't cause you any sadness, because you've got a whole big series of tubes out there to explore. You'll survive without me for a little while longer, I'm sure. I have faith in you, dear reader.
One of the things you should certainly read is the great Steve Shaviro's marvelous post about Kathryn Bigelow, who last night became, as y'all know by now, the first woman ever to win a Best Director Oscar. I'm all for it, even if the whole situation, like The Hurt Lockeritself, is complex in its meanings and implications.
The Oscar show itself was pretty awful, but that's part of the fun of watching. Every year, we get to say, "Wow, it's even worse than last year!" A decade or two from now, I expect it all to be broadcast via the future equivalent of the Wii and to require all presenters to make fart jokes.
I don't expect the Acad…
One of the things you should certainly read is the great Steve Shaviro's marvelous post about Kathryn Bigelow, who last night became, as y'all know by now, the first woman ever to win a Best Director Oscar. I'm all for it, even if the whole situation, like The Hurt Lockeritself, is complex in its meanings and implications.
The Oscar show itself was pretty awful, but that's part of the fun of watching. Every year, we get to say, "Wow, it's even worse than last year!" A decade or two from now, I expect it all to be broadcast via the future equivalent of the Wii and to require all presenters to make fart jokes.
I don't expect the Acad…