the oscar's part deux: what was bad.....

that is not an old bar hag from 185th street. nope, it's eddie van halen on the way in to attend elton john's oscar bash. dude, there's this new invention called "hair conditioner". look into it!

ok, this was the dumbest thing i've ever seen on the oscar's. some hip hop group performing a song about a pimp from "hustle and flow", with choreographed dancers on stage acting out the pimps and ho's. it was cheesier then the dance moves in "west side story" and the song sucked. the song went on to win the damn oscar for best song from a film. i can only chalk this up to white liberal guilt. "well, we gotta give awards to the gay films, so let's toss the black film a bone and give them the best song statue!"

i'm not a huge hip hop fan, but i know there's excellant hip hop out there. this was not good hip hop! it was mediocore at best. i think the award was a token. dolly parton was robbed!!!

i guess the oscar voting is always political in nature. "brokeback mountain" had so much positive buzz, then the jokes started. so they give the director an academy (he wasn't on screen smooching a boy). they give the acting award to phillip seymour hoffman because while he played a gay man, he was almost asexual and certainly not in any sexy make out scenes with other men. ok, so each "gay film" gets an award, but the film of the year is dirty, gritty and considered more "real". "crash" started out with mixed reviews, but once the ballots were sent to voters, brokeback was too much of a punchline to win film of the year.

so in conclusion, it's all a bunch of huck-a-buck, but i'll watch again next year.