Posted
2/14/2005 05:12:00 PM
by Douglas
Speaking of low rated awards shows and their own self-generated
hypeInternet gossip columnist Matt Drudge posted an item on his Web site over the weekend quoting unnamed members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressing outrage at some Oscar-bashing comments by Rock in an Entertainment Weekly interview. Rock said he had rarely watched the Oscars, and called award shows "idiotic."
"Come on, it's a fashion show," Rock told the magazine. "What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one. And they don't recognize comedy, and you don't see a lot of black people nominated, so why should I watch it?"
Why should anyone watch it? Why does
People magazine exist? Not to mention
Teen People,
People en EspaƱol,
Entertainment Tonight,
Access Hollywood,
Inside Edition and
Entertainment Weekly, just to name a few. Obviously, as a culture, we're as dumb as a box of rocks, and we're far too concerned with the
best supporting actress oscar than we are selecting, oh, I don't, know, a presidential election.